Dear Nobody
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Dear Nobody
By (Author) Berlie Doherty
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Penguin Books Ltd
30th January 2017
4th August 2016
United Kingdom
Classifications
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm
171g
Description
An unforgettable story of young love and teenage pregnancy; winner of the Carnegie Medal. The moving and very real story of two teenagers and an unplanned pregnancy. It is told from two viewpoints - that of Helen as she writes her thoughts in a series of letters to the unborn baby, the Dear Nobody of the title, and of her boyfriend Chris as he reads the letters. This Carnegie Medal-winning novel is now part of the Originals - Penguin's ground-breaking modern classics for young adults.
Author Bio
Berlie Doherty was born in Liverpool. She studied English Literature at Durham University and has been a full-time writer, for both children and adults, since the publication of her first book in 1982. She has won the Carnegie Medal twice - for GRANNY WAS A BUFFER GIRL and DEAR NOBODY - and the Writers' Guild Children's Fiction Award for DAUGHTER OF THE SEA. Her books have been translated into 17 languages. Berlie lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.
