Drowning in My Bedroom
By (Author) Steve Cole
Illustrated by Oriol Vidal
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
7th August 2024
11th April 2024
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage social topics: Environment, sustainability and green issues
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Paperback
128
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 12mm
200g
The terrifying impact of global warming on vulnerable lives is laid bare in this gripping tale of survival from internationally bestselling author Steve Cole.
Gayla is trapped when floodwater pours into her bedroom in a residential centre for kids with disabilities. The other children have been evacuated while Gayla waited for her father, but now the streets around are cut off and shes all alone with no way out.
Junjuns makeshift shack has been washed away in the flood and he needs to find medicine for his sister, whos sick after drinking contaminated water.
At first these two young people seem to have little in common and pity each other, but as the waters continue to rise, can they find a way to work together to survive
Powerful and absolutely gripping a wake-up call for young readers about the urgent need to protect our world LoveReading4Kids on World Burn Down
Coles prose is vivid and visceral, with nuanced characterisation and evocative descriptions that make a global issue feel deeply personal CBI Recommended Reads on Tin Boy
Steve Cole is a bestselling children's author. His various book series include Z. Rex, Thieves Like Us, Doctor Who, the three million copy selling Young Bond series. In other careers he has worked as an editor of books and magazines for readers of all ages. Steve lives in Aylesbury.