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Being


School year: Lower 6th, Year 10, Year 11

No. of pages 336

Published: 2008

Great for age 14-17 years

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Sixteen-year-old Robert lies anaesthetized. A routine operation has just gone wrong.'What the hell is that?''That, Mr Ryan, is the inside of this boy.''Christ . . . It looks like some kind of plastic.'As Robert slowly wakes, he can hear, he can feel, but he can't scream. The operation isn't over. But life, as Robert knows it, is.Robert goes on the run, terrified and desperate for answers. But what if the answers are too terrifying to face?This is Kevin Brooks at his very best powerful, intense, page-turning reading for teenage readers and beyond.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 12-16 years.

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published in 2008 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Kevin Brooks lives in Manningtree, Essex. He has won the Branford Boase Award and been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Book Trust Teenage book of the Year.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Ages 14+
This book was recognised in the Ages 14+ category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.

Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.

A subtle, spooky, headlong dash through the dark edges of romantic science fiction, a genre Kevin Brooks - with his usual delight in flouting convention - appears to have invented -- Meg Rosoff, author of * How I Live Now *

 

Violently enjoyable * The Times *

 

Original in its premise and captivating in its delivery. A gripping read * Big Issue *

 

Sharp and precise . . . a meditation on the nature of humanity * Sunday Times *

 

An exciting on-the-run thriller . . . you'll be gripped * Flipside *