The Broken Road
A powerful new novel based around the Children's Crusades, by prize-winning author B.R. Collins
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| ISBN-13 |
9781408806494 |
| ISBN-10 |
1408806495 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Available at publisher; usually ships 5-14 working days |
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| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Publication Date |
1 March 2012
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| International Publication Date |
2 February 2012 |
| Publication Country |
 United Kingdom |
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| Format |
Paperback |
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| Author(s) |
By Collins, B. R. |
| Category |
Historical Fiction
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| Interest Age |
12-15 years |
| Reading Age |
12-15 years |
| NBS Text |
Young Adult Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Young adult |
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| Number of Pages |
352 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 129mm
Height: 198mm
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| Weight |
Not specified - defaults to 600g |
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| Dewey Code |
823.92 |
| Catalogue Code |
226203 |
Description of this Book
'There's going to be a crusade. A boy came to the cathedral and preached. He's going to lead a crusade of children. And we'll take Jerusalem because we're innocent, we're closer to God. We'll be soldiers for Christ.' Rufus is an apprentice in his father's goldsmith workshop in Cologne, Gemany. One day he hears Nick, an outwardly unassuming boy, preach in the city centre. Nick's message and words are mesmerising and Rufus is spellbound. He is overcome with the desire to follow the flawed yet charismatic young Crusade leader on his journey to the Holy Land. And Rufus is not alone. Many children are captivated just as Rufus is, and leave their homes and families, with and without permission, having fallen under Nick's spell. But what begins as a journey of innocence turns, terribly, into a journey of sorrow and despair. An extraordinary tale based on a historical event that has resonated through the ages.
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
Praise for The Traitor Game: 'A wonderfully gripping book for teenagers ... Brain food that's well worth feeding to your teenage boys - and stealing from them afterwards' Big Issue 'This impressive debut for young adults is a rites-of-passage novel of unusual power and skill ... Fully imagined, vividly told and psychologically complex. The whole is an extraordinary and truthful working-through of adolescent difficulties ... A notable new writer has arrived' Sunday Times Praise for A Trick of the Dark: 'A multilayered, metaphysical thriller ... dark, uneasy and extraordinary' The Times 'Collins is a brave and ambitious writer, and this book is a rarer thing: a metaphysical thriller ... She tests the lexicons of darkness and light to their limits and beyond. Reading A Trick of the Dark is like watching a tightrope-walker feeling her way to the far stanchion. And she gets there' Saturday Guardian |
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Author's Bio
B.R. (Bridget) Collins is a graduate of both university and drama school. Her first novel, The Traitor Game, won the Branford Boase Award in 2009. Her other books for Bloomsbury are A Trick of the Dark and Gamerunner. Bridget lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
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