Contact
By (Author) Malorie Blackman
Illustrated by Paul Fisher-Johnson
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
24th June 2015
15th April 2015
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
64
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 5mm
120g
An exciting futuristic drama about acceptance, trust and teamwork from an award-winning author. In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone wears Non-Contact suits to survive and where you can never touch another person directly, Cal and Jenna have formed a football team. Not virtual - real football, with real contact. But Jenna's horrible twin Jacob is suspicious and it looks like they're headed for disaster.Can the team reach out to Jacob and convince him that making contact is also what makes us feel alive Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+
Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. The novels in her Noughts & Crosses sequence have won several awards, including the Red House Children's Book Award, and she has won many other awards for her books. She is the UK Children's Laureate 2013-2015.