Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 19th September 2019
Paperback
Published: 1st September 2020
Paperback
Published: 21st January 2025
Bearmouth
By (Author) Liz Hyder
Pushkin Children's Books
Pushkin Children's Books
1st September 2020
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labour, the sunlit world above the mine a distant memory. Reward will come in the next life with the benevolence of the Mayker. Newt accepts everything - that is, until the mysterious Devlin arrives. Suddenly, Newt starts to look at Bearmouth with a fresh perspective, questioning the system, and setting in motion a chain of events that could destroy their entire world.
In this powerful and brilliantly original debut novel, friendship creates strength, courage is hard-won and hope is the path to freedom.
Liz Hyder is a writer, experienced workshop leader and award-winning arts PR consultant. She has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and, in early 2018, won the Bridge Award/Moniack Mhor's Emerging Writer Award. She is currently working on her second book and a range of other creative projects. Bearmouth is her debut novel.