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Blade: Playing Dead Paperback - 2010

by Tim Bowler

A Carnegie Medal winner begins a new series. Blade is practically invisible, perfectly alone, living only by his wits in the city--just the way he likes it. Until the day a chance encounter sends his world crashing down around him, and he finds himself on the run again.


Summary

Nobody knows the city like Blade. He lives on his own, by his wits - you have to when you're on the run from your past. Blade is practically invisible, until one day when he gets jumped by a gang and finds himself being pursued by a bunch of thugs. Even worse, he's unintentionally picked up a couple of followers: sixteen-year-old Becky and her daughter, Jaz. Before he knows it, Blade is leading the two girls on a chase through the streets of London, and he'll need to find a way to outsmart the people after them in order to make it out alive.

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  • Title Blade: Playing Dead
  • Author Tim Bowler
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1 Reprint
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Speak
  • Date 2010-05-27
  • ISBN 9780142416006 / 0142416002
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.52 x 0.69 in (21.08 x 14.02 x 1.75 cm)
  • Ages 14 to UP years
  • Grade levels 9 - UP
  • Reading level 360
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
    • Curriculum Strand: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
  • Library of Congress subjects Homeless persons, England
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"An addictive blend of paranoia and suspense." - The Horn Book

"Readers who like their thrillers brutally realisticwill find much to enjoy." - Publishers WeeklyEND

About the author

Tim Bowler is the author of numerous acclaimed novels for teenagers and is the recipient of many honors, including the prestigious Carnegie Medal for his third novel, River Boy. He lives in Devon, England.
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