Unboxed
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- USD 6.99
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- USD 6.99
Descripción editorial
Reunited after years apart, an intriguing cast of teens face heartbreak and home truths as they return to their old school and discover no one can ever truly go back.
Four friends meet up at their old school to open the memory box they stowed there years ago – with five letters inside for four of them, because their friend Millie has died. When they open the box they find a new letter from Millie and discover that she has left them special instructions: permission to open her letter only if they all read aloud the letters they wrote to their older selves, revealing their deepest secrets.
Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 9.
Reviews
“The emotions are intense, even as they are expressed in everyday language, and the characters are convincing” – Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week
"Frank, often funny, it’s completely in tune with its readership" – LoveReading4Kids
"Non Patt is brilliant at bringing teenagers off the page: there are no fancy devices or contrived scenes – they just are and it takes a lot of skill to do that" – The Bookbag
"It's awesome awesomeness" – Holly Bourne
About the author
Non Pratt started writing when she was fourteen, telling the stories she wanted to read about teenagers like her – and the teenagers she wished she was like. Some time later, Non became an editor and publisher before moving to the other side of the table to become one of the fastest-rising stars in UKYA. Non is the author of two highly acclaimed bestsellers – Trouble and Remix, the former being shortlisted for the Bookseller’s YA Book Prize in 2015.
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Kate is a freelance illustrator and hand-letterer. She has a BA (Hons) in Illustration from Falmouth University.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A time capsule's unboxing leads to a teen group's reunion in a brief, compelling novel printed using dyslexia-friendly fonts. Five years prior to this book's start, five friends created a time capsule before life took them in different directions. Now, prompted by a promise that narrator Alix made to their friend Millie before Millie's death, the four remaining 18-year-olds have returned to their school, just outside of London, to open it. As they gather, Alix, who's now happily out as gay, has "traveled back in time and into the closet... worried about what my friends will think." Boisterous Ben has been living in London; cool Dean, always a bit of a mystery, remains closed off; and kindly Zara's brought her boyfriend along. Retrieving the padlocked box from the roof of their old school turns out to be riskier than expected but also helps bring them together. And their connection grows as the contents lead them to grieve, remember their younger selves, and share facets of their current lives. Wry, observational narration offers a solid base for the friends' tentative reconnection in this heartening, interpersonally anchored read. Zara is described as having brown skin; the other teens read as white. Ages 12–up.
