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The Smell of Other People's Houses


School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 1, Year 10, Year 11, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 272

Published: 2016

Great for age 5-18 years

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SHORTLISTED for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award. Love, tragedy, luck and salvation in the interweaving stories of four teenagers in this extraordinary 1970s Alaskan set debut novel. Alaska, 1970: growing up here is like nowhere else. Ruth wants to be remembered by her grieving mother. Dora wishes she was invisible to her abusive father. Alyce is staying at home to please her parents. Hank is running away for the sake of his brothers. Four very different lives are about to become entangled. Because if we don't save each other, how can we begin to save ourselves? Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock's extraordinary, stunning debut is both moving, and deeply authentic. These intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America's Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare and wonderful talent. 'Gorgeous.' Spectator 'An exceptional coming of age novel for young adults - or indeed just adults.' Sunday Times 'Ambitious and original, this transports the reader effortlessly both in time and space.' Metro 'This book reaches through the mle of voices in YA; its smell, or scent, fresh and alluring.' The Independent 'Intoxicating . . . will resonate with readers of all ages.' Publishers Weekly 'Excellent.' School Library Journal 'A nice and different read.' Telegraph 'A piercing look at life lived at 40 below.' The Financial Times

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 272 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2016 by Faber & Faber .

Born and raised in Alaska and a longtime journalist for Alaska Public Radio, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock spent ten years fishing commercially and raised her children on a boat in Southeast Alaska - bringing a rare authenticity to her writing about America's last frontier. She now lives in Lyons, Colorado, where she's slowly rebuilding her house after the catastrophic floods of September 2013. THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES is her first novel.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award - Ya Fiction
This book was recognised in the YA Fiction category of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award.

Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award - Children
This book was recognised in the Children category of the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award.

Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.