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The Supreme Lie
- Author
- Geraldine McCaughrean
- Narrator
- Ailsa Joy
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 15 April 2021
- Run Time
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Geraldine McCaughrean
- Narrator
- Ailsa Joy
- Duration
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781004028092
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction
Synopsis
From twice Carnegie-medal-winning Geraldine McCaughrean comes an extraordinary and timely new novel set in a world paralysed by natural disaster and dangerous politics, for fans of Philip Pullman and Frances Hardinge. Fifteen-year-old Gloria is maid to Afalia's tyrannical Head of State, Madame Suprema. When the country is hit by unprecedented flooding Madame Suprema runs away fearing she will be blamed for the crisis. To cover up this cowardly act Gloria steps into the Suprema's shoes and is thrust into a corrupt world where she must take decisions that will affect the life and death of thousands of citizens of Afalia, including her own...
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