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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A great read and gripping right up to the surprising end. This is a deeply unnerving and cleverly written story about 3 teenagers....well 4 really... and one summer in the eighties. All the characters are deeper and more flawed than they first appear. I read this in one sitting as I just couldn't put it down. (  ) teresa1953 | Aug 13, 2009 |  I am now officially a Camilla Way fan! Having read Little Bird last month, and now The Dead of Summer, I can't wait to see what Camilla Way writes next. Although similar in some ways, these two books were also wonderfully different and both had me gripped to the end. The Dead of Summer follows three 13 year olds through the long hot summer holidays as they mooch about, getting into minor scrapes and avoiding the evil bully, Mike. It is written from the point of view of Anita. She has mixed parentage, lives in a council house and is raised by her Dad after her mother's death. Her mates Danny and Kyle have similarly difficult backgrounds and the three of them are all potentially social misfits. Anita is recounting that summer to a child psychologist and as we follow her version of events, we gradually come to realise that all is not as it seems. The twist at the end was quite a surprise. Excellent new author, highly recommended! (  )2  DubaiReader | May 21, 2009 | I thought this was a really good book, even though it is not the sort of book I usually read. It is about three young loners and it is told through the voice of Anita, telling someone 7 years later about that summer, so the tension and the feeling of inevability is increased throught the book. You will not regret reading this book, and it will keep you guessing to the end. ( ) Rubbah | Apr 7, 2009 | Edgy, disturbing thriller detailing a tragic Summer in the lives of three teenage misfits. The prose, like the characters, is disjointed and unnerving. Horrific ending which will give you shivers. Guaranteed. (  ) Sukisue7 | Mar 11, 2009 | Three kids were murdered in a mine. After seven years, the only witness and survivor finally speaks up. ( ) picardyrose | Mar 2, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0151013705, Hardcover)**DEBUT FICTION** "Admit how your pulse quickens when you see those headlines: murder spree of schoolgirl loner; boy, 13, rapes classmate; child, 10, stabs pensioner." So says narrator Anita Naidu, and she should know. At thirteen, Anita was the sole witness to London’s notorious cave murders of 1986, which left three children dead. Told seven years later to the police psychologist who interviewed her at the time of the killings, Anita’s story reveals the savagery of the schoolyard one chilling detail at a time until the truth of what actually happened reveals itself with startling ferocity. Set against the bustling, tourist-packed streets of historic Greenwich, this novel examines sinister events that happen, quite literally, right below the surface. An audacious debut, The Dead of Summer is written in spare, evocative prose with remarkable psychological acuity and the daring to examine the dark, intensely fragile point between childhood and adolescence, and the morbid impulses of those mutable years. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:05 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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