Kids of Appetite

Author David Arnold
Narrator Michael Crouch, Phoebe Strole, Ryan Vincent Anderson
Publisher Headline
Publish Date 20 September 2016
Run Time 10 hours and 1 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Modern and contemporary fiction.

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KIDS OF APPETITE by David Arnold is a tragicomedy of first love and devastating loss for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Jennifer Niven.

In the Hackensack Police Department, Vic Benucci and his friend Mad are explaining how they found themselves wrapped up in a grisly murder. But in order to tell that story, they have to go way back...

It all started when Vic's dad died. Vic's dad was his best friend, and even now, two years later, he can't bring himself to touch the Untouchable Urn of Oblivion that sits in his front hall. But one cold December day, Vic falls in with an alluring band of kids that wander his New Jersey neighbourhood, including Mad, the girl who changes everything. Along with his newfound friendships comes the courage to open his father's urn, the discovery of the message inside, and the epic journey it sparks.

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Critics Review

This tale of kids dealing with horrific situations is at times almost fantastical in its romanticism and is realized through the employ of spot-on pacing and lovely wordsmithing. Sophisticated teen readers will love this

Kirkus Reviews

Showcases a memorable cast of outsiders carving out space for themselves . . .Arnold writes with a Hinton-esque depth and rawness

Publishers Weekly, starred review

Praise for MOSQUITOLAND: '[Mosquitoland] boasts a funny, gutsy, straight-talking heroine with a distinctive voice, whose company is a blast of fresh air'

Daily Mail

[Mim's] endless wise-cracking (on a road trip by Greyhound bus to visit her sick mother) is a joy

Independent - Best YA novels of 2015

Fresh and often very endearing

Sunday Herald

[A] sparkling, startling, laugh-out-loud debut novel

Wall Street Journal

Funny and touching... his sentences are arrows

New York Times

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