More Than This
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 480
Published: 2014
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is part of a book series called Afterlife .
This book has been graded for interest at 14-16 years.
There are 480 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 2014 by Walker Books Ltd .
Patrick Ness is the author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy. He has won numerous awards including the the Costa and Galaxy Children's Book Awards and the Carnegie Medal. He lives in London.
This book is in the following series:
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Indie Book Award
The Indie Book Awards is a literary award designed to recognize and celebrate the best independently published books across various genres. Established to promote the work of independent authors and publishers, the Indie Book Awards aim to highlight the creativity and diversity of voices in the literary landscape. The Indie Book Awards specifically aim to showcase the work of authors who publish independently, whether through self-publishing or small, independent presses.
Redbridge Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Redbridge Children's Book Award.
Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.
Indies Choice Book Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Indies Choice Book Award.
Ness deals sensitively with themes of love and race in this post-apocalyptic tale * Family Traveller *
Heart-breaking, emotional and dark. It's a story about love, forgiveness, friendship, hope and the unbelievable. It's a book that you'll invest time in and that will have your attention long after the last page is read - trust me * Luna's Little Library Book of the Month *
Ness, who won the Carnegie Medal two years running, has a talent for combining philosophical profundity and punchy prose. His books contain crackling dialogue, suspenseful action, twisty plots and big ideas. This novel toys with what we believe to be real, as teenage Seth drowns in the first chapter, only to wake up somewhere more complicated than an afterlife. His experience changes his attitude to the life he knew in suburban England and in small-town America, which is gradually revealed in flashbacks. With chapter endings so surprising you learn to hide the text rather than risk peeking ahead and spoiling the build-up, this is a story of friendship, danger, gay romance, child abduction, technology, guilt and hope. -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *
An enthralling and provocative new novel chronicling the life-or perhaps afterlife-of a teen trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world * World Book Day *
Gripping, ambitious -- Alex O'Connell * The Times *
More Than This is funny, tragic, and hopeful, often all at once and can be enjoyed by every type of reader, from those in English towns to the Washington coast. -- sosogay.co.uk * sosogay.co.uk *
Patrick Ness definitely knows how to keep readers intrigued and desperate to read the next chapter. -- The Guardian Online * The Guardian Online *
Ness's style of writing is beautiful, as it is in his other books, I could picture the story very well, and this makes his books very powerful. -- The Guardian Online * The Guardian Online *
It's incredibly hard to talk about this book without giving anything important away but if you want complexity, adventure and just a sprinkling of sci-fi, this book is most certainly for you. -- Young Reviewer * The Guardian Online *
I thought that this book started with a really interesting premise because usually in a book like this you follow the action heroes and not the bystanders. This meant that reading it was far better because it's difficult to relate to someone who's slaying vampires whereas someone who has OCD and is dealing with homework issues is far easier to understand. -- Reader Review * Teen Titles *
"It will really blow your mind" ... "it is surreal [...] really surprising [...] mind expanding [...] highly recommend it" * E Lockhart *
