My Advent Calendar book for Day 13 is by an author I have never heard of before. It is You’ll Be the Death of Me by Karen M McManus who is an American writer of Young Adult fiction. The paper back copy I have been sent has purple coloured page edges and a white cover with purple writing – it’s rather well done. I gather that this book was shortlisted for the 2022 British Book Award in the Children’s Fiction Book section.
This is a stand alone novel about three young people who miss school one day and find themselves witnesses to a murder scene. From what I can see, each chapter is narrated by one of the young people who have been playing truant and I like stories told that way.
I read many fewer Young Adult books than I have previously – I think that Twilight and The Hunger Games and a few similar series exhausted my interest in this genre. I sometimes found that they were just a bit simplistic for me. Nevertheless I shall give this one a try and see what I think.
Included with today’s parcel is a small nail file. I always need nail files and I keep them in all sorts of places around the house and in my handbag. This will definitely come in useful.
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This one definitely sounds interesting and being short listed for the award should hopefully mean that it’s well written. I hope you enjoy it.
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It’s not what I would normally pick up but, then again, that’s the point of the calendar. It will be interesting to see what I think when I do get to it.
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