**A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of *The Theory of Light and Matter* βWhat a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life.βΒ βAlix Ohlin, author of **We Want What We Want****
The Disappeared
β Scribed by C. J. Harper
- Book ID
- 107758031
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780857076984
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Jackson's life is perfect; he's top of his class, wants for nothing and is destined to be part of the Leadership that runs the country. But when a violent incident leaves Jackson badly beaten and his best friend dead, everything changes. Suddenly his teachers claim not to know him, his records are deleted Jackson doesn't exist anymore.
Dumped in an Academy, where teachers are kept in cages and being a good fighter is all that matters, Jackson realises that to survive he needs to adapt, and fast. And, as he learns the Academy's terrible secrets, Jackson discovers that his whole life has been based on lies; the Leadership is corrupt to the core and they're coming after him. But time is running out. Can Jackson destroy the man at the heart of it all before he makes Jackson disappear for good?
Fast-paced, page-turning, moving, yet with a streak of dark humour, Fast-paced, page-turning, moving, yet with a streak of dark humour, The Disappeared is a very British dystopia, with shades of Orwell and Huxley.
About the Author
C.J. Harper is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Creative Writing for Young People and a former Waterstone's children's bookseller. THE DISAPPEARED is her first novel.
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