Dear Charlie
- Author Natália Gomes
- Narrator Huw Parmenter
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 20 October 2016
- Run Time 6 hours
- Format x-book®
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories.
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What to expect
Death should never meet the young. But it did. Thanks to my brother, death made fourteen new friends that day. Maybe even fifteen, if you count Charlie.
But I don’t think death came for him. I think something darker and more sinister took his soul.
At sixteen, Sam Macmillan is supposed to be thinking about girls, homework and his upcoming application to music college, not picking up the pieces after the school shooting that his brother Charlie committed.
Yet as Sam desperately tries to hang on to the memories he has of his brother, the media storm surrounding their family threatens to destroy everything. And Sam has to question all he thought he knew about life, death, right and wrong.
Critics Review
u2018At its searing best the novel demonstrates how the perpetrator of a despicable act can still be loved, forgiven and very missedu2019 u2013 Financial Times
u2018A very important book [u2026] a powerful book that will stay with you.u2019 u2013 Culturefly
u2018An exceptional novel on a controversial and relevant subject today.u2019 u2013 The Bookbag
u2018An incredibly moving, heartfelt and thought-provoking novelu2019 u2013 Black Plume
u2018A gripping, eye-opening YA novel that I wish I could put in everyone's hands.u2019 u2013 Pretty Little Memoirs
u2018You know this book is going to go straight to your heart and rip a little bit of it out.u2019 u2013 Long Story Short
u2018If youu2019re after a truly thought-provoking book this is well worth a read.u2019 u2013 Bibliowormed
u2018Utterly heartbreaking and so beautifully written.u2019 u2013 Goodreads reviewer
u2018Such a clever book.u2019 u2013 Book Angel Booktopia
u2018Very well written, and tackles a tough subject wellu2019 u2013 First News
| Author | Natália Gomes |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Huw Parmenter |
| Duration | 6 hours |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780008192761 |
| Format | x-book® |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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