A Dream of Lights

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A powerful and moving stand-alone novel for anyone who loved A GATHERING LIGHT or BETWEEN SHADES OF GREY, in which a teenage girl struggles against the odds for survival in a North Korean prison camp From the author of A Brighter Fear.
Yoora is a teenage girl living in North Korea, dreaming of the lights of foreign cities while eking out a miserable existence in a rural northern village. But then she makes a mistake: she falls in love. With someone far removed from her social class. Someone dangerous to know.

When tongues start to wag, her father is executed and she is taken to a prison camp in the mountains. There, escape seems even further from her grasp.

But Yoora is about to learn an important lesson: love can surprise you, and it can come in many forms

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PRAISE FOR A BRIGHTER FEAR:

Debut novelist Kerry Drewery skilfully and sensitively brings the devastating effect of the war on ordinary citizens vividly to life in this tragic, touching and romantic story set in Iraq. Julia Eccleshare, LoveReading4Kids

This is a moving and ultimately uplifting story which provides teenagers with an insight into the human tragedies behind the headlines. Recommended reading. Families South West

Author Bio

Kerry Drewery lives in Lincolnshire. Active in Bookstart and the winner of a BBC writing prize, she now writes full time for teenagers. She is also the author of A Brighter Fear, a heart-breaking love story set in Baghdad during the Second Gulf War, available from HarperCollins.