Dead Gorgeous

Dead Gorgeous

by Malorie Blackman (Author)

Synopsis

Moving to the country because her parents want to run a dilapidated old hotel is not 11-year-old Nova's idea of fun. Her olders sister hasn't got time for her and her younger twin brothers just wind her up. The hotel guests are a peculiar bunch and life is tough for the whole family. But meeting the hotel's resident ghost makes it a bit more bearable for Nova - especially as he's a gorgeous teenage boy, with problems of his own to sort out! An entertaining and moving story from a best-selling author.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Doubleday Children's Books
Published: 07 Aug 2002

ISBN 10: 0385600097
ISBN 13: 9780385600095
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: A tragi-comic contemporary ghost story, from a best-selling author.

Author Bio
Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children's Writer of the Year in 1997.