The extraordinarily moving, funny and original new novel from the author of the rapturously acclaimed BLOOM. You were born raging, Frances Frida Ripley. Thats what happens when youre born in a storm. Francess parents were not prepared for her birth: they had a blanket and an easel and some paint, but not anything useful, like a car or a phone. So its no wonder Frankie has always had a temper. She was born on a BEACH, in a STORM. What Frances was not prepared for was dying in a freak natural disaster that wiped out her whole town. Waking up 100 years later, Frances finds a whole load of new things to be angry about. And thats before the visitors start turning up, treating her home like its a tourist attraction. Which it is. Only there are worse people out there than tourists and theyre coming for Frankie. Frankie is about to discover that there are things more important than herself and that anger has its uses. Because when you have a storm inside you sometimes the only thing to do is let it out

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 416 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Nicola Skinner worked as a copywriter and journalist before turning to novels. BLOOM is her first book for children. Flavia Sorrentino lives and works as a freelance illustrator in Rome. She loves her city and the figure of speech, "Rome wasn't built in a day", which inspires her each day to seek new ways of communication and expression. She has a true passion for Toulouse Lautrec, poetry, historical costume, typography, Tina Turner and tomato sauce!