Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror , Science Fiction & Fantasy
Synopsis
'The Girl with All The Gifts meets To Kill A Mockingbird' - Claire North, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
THEY CALL IT THE PLAGUE
A generation of children born with extreme genetic mutations
THEY CALL IT A HOME
But it's a place of neglect and forced labour
THEY CALL HIM A FREAK
But Dog is just a boy who wants to be treated as normal
THEY CALL THEM DANGEROUS
They might be right
The story of a lost generation, and a boy who just wants to be one of us.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN: 9780356510972
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 129 x 200 x 27 mm
- Weight: 295g
- Languages: English
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An emotional and hard-hitting book
Wow, this is a truly hard-hitting read so hard-hitting that at times it makes for rather uncomfortable reading. I also found it a really emotional experien... READ MORE
This is such an important book. But it's also an enjoyable and an emotionally charged book
Set in the '80s, in the deep south of the United States of America, One of Us features a world in which teenagers born with a genetic mutation are kept sep... READ MORE
Poorly written
Really not for me. The writing is awkward and clunky. The author shows the persecution against his fictional "monsters" by drawing parallels to both the Ho... READ MORE