Hide & Seek

Hide & Seek

by Clare Sambrook (Author)

Synopsis

Meet Harry Pickles, aged nine and a bit. Harry is the fastest boy runner in the world (probably), first son of Mo and Pa (the best-looking parents in the school car park), big brother to Daniel (who runs like a girl but is, in his own twerpy way, a star). His life is good. He's premier league. At least, that's the way it was before the school trip...Clare Sambrook's unforgettable first novel captures with startling truth and clarity the perspective of a confused nine-year-old. Poignant and personal, "Hide and Seek" resonates with authenticity and a brutal honesty that manages to be harrowing, life-affirming and funny.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Main
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 04 May 2006

ISBN 10: 1841956953
ISBN 13: 9781841956954

Media Reviews
Hide & Seek is one of those rare novels you thrust at your friends and say 'Read this!'. It's ultra-convincingly written from the view point of a nine year old boy but it's a very adult read. Wise and funny and searingly sad but ultimately heart-warming. -- Jaqueline Wilson
My God, it is beautifully done, probably the best book of its kind since . . . The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. * * The Observer * *
Sambrook shows it is possible to write about complex emotional conditions in a child's voice. Touching, sad and very funny. -- Katy Guest * * Independent on Sunday * *
Harry is a remarkable invention. -- Lesley McDowell * * Sunday Herald * *
Author Bio
Hide & Seek is Clare Sambrook's first novel, and has already been translated into twelve languages. She lives in Cumbria, where she is working on her next book.