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Fifteen Minute Bob: Music changes everything

Fifteen Minute Bob: Music changes everything

by Catherine Forde (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $3.47
Synopsis

From award-winning author, Catherine Forde, comes Fifteen Minute Bob, a coming-of-age story for the social-networking generation. Me and Dad? Well, we're on opposite sides of a gaping fault-line ...No actually we're on different planets. Rory's dad is a struggling singer-songwriter and obsessed by one particular music legend. Despite years of failure, his music is all that matters - nothing else: not job, not money, not even family. So Rory's home life is unpredictable enough. But when his two best mates hook up with his dad to release a music viral, everything flips. Once again, Catherine Forde cooks up an authentic and moving book for young adults. Tackling troubling subjects such as family separation and loss, it's an abrasive page-turner in the same vein as her other awards-nominated titles Firestarter and Skarrs.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Published: 03 May 2010
ISBN 10: 1405229306
ISBN 13: 9781405229302
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
* On her last book Sugarcoated, the bookseller said: 'True to form, Sugarcoated is a caustic, abrasive thriller that burns to the heart of adolescent angst.' * On The Drowning Pond the Guardian said: 'Bitingly plausible... a gripping page-turner.' * On Skarrs the Guardian said: 'A novel that is both troubling and inspirational.' * On Fat Boy Swim, The Times said: 'Powerful, empowering.' The Sunday Telegraph said: 'should be force-fed to every secondary school child in the country.'
Author Bio
Catherine Forde was discovered on the slush pile. Before turning to writing full time, she worked as a lexicographer for Collins and taught in secondary schools. She lives in Glasgow with her husband and two sons. Catherine has six other books published for young adults; Fat Boy Swim, Skarrs, The Drowning Pond, Firestarter, Tug of War and Sugarcoated. She has been shortlisted for countless awards including the Blue Peter Book Awards and the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize.