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Voice in the Flames 9781529524000 Paperback

Praise forRiverskin:"Shaped by Teesside dialect and filled with punchy, poetic coinages, this atmospheric debut brings local legend into the everyday."Guardian"Bold, daring and memorable." Phil Earle"The...

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Praise forRiverskin:”Shaped by Teesside dialect and filled with punchy, poetic coinages, this atmospheric debut brings local legend into the everyday.”Guardian”Bold, daring and memorable.” Phil Earle”The atmosphere lingers long after the last page.”The TimesChildren’s Book of the Week”The Little MermaidmeetsSkelligbut with discarded shopping trolleys and techno.”The TimesI am the works. Ive been there an age. I wus there when they burnt strong. I made it so.Jack wishes life could be how it used to be when his dad was around, working at the old steelworks. Now Dad is gone and the works are closed, towering silent and forbidding over the rundown estate.Then Jack stumbles upon Sal: a spindly old man with candles in his hair … who asks Jack toset him alight. Sal claims to be a spirit of the old works, who needs Jacks help to bring it back to its former glory. Jack is drawn to the mans promises and the hope it holds for his whole family. But at what price?

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