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Fearless


Published: 2013

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Award-winning author Tim Lott's inspirational tale of a girl who risks everything in pursuit of justice.The smartly painted exterior of the City Community Faith School hides a disturbing secret. Behind its walls, one thousand girls are forced to labour in the city's laundry, separated from their families and deprived of their freedom. One of these girls is Little Fearless, a courageous spirit who never gives up hope that one day they will be rescued. Unafraid of the punishment she will face, Little Fearless escapes the institute to tell her story to the world. But why does nobody believe she's telling the truth?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

This book was published in 2013 by Walker Books Ltd .

Tim Lott has written many books for adults including White City Blue (winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award), Rumours of a Hurricane (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award), The Love Secrets of Don Juan, The Seymour Tapes and The Scent of Dried Roses (winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize). Fearless is his first novel for children. Tim lives in north-west London with his partner and four daughters.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Lancashire Award - Children's Book Of the Year
This book was recognised in the Children's Book Of The Year category of the Lancashire Award.

Guardian Fiction Award
This book was recognised by the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Award. This award was founded in 1967 and winners are selected by fellow writers. It is awarded annually to fiction written for children aged eight and above.

Essex Book Award
This book was recognised by the Essex Book Award.

A smart, dark fable with a wonderfully engaging heroine. * Sarah Waters *

 

Fearless is powerful, haunting and utterly original, a disturbing but ultimately uplifting story of an indomitable child who will not be crushed by the system. I think it will become an immediate children's classic. Fearless is fabulous in all senses of the word. * Jacqueline Wilson *

 

One of the most original children's books I have come across for some time. * Amanda Craig, The Times *

 

A new and exciting voice in children's literature. * The Times *

 

A sweetly satisfying fable * Time Out *

 

Quirky, dark and unique. * The Glasgow Herald *