Wrath

Marcus Sedgwick author Paul Blow illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:3rd Mar '22

£7.99

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Wrath cover

Marcus Sedgwick crafts a characteristically unsettling mystery exploring teen relationships and our connection to the world around us in his gripping Barrington Stoke debut.

From the multi-award-winning author of Midwinterblood and The Ghosts of Heaven comes a suspenseful, gripping tale about teen life and relationships, exploring our wavering connection to the world around us.

WRATH: extreme anger or rage

Cassie Cotton has always been unusual, a bit different – but this only makes her more intriguing to her classmate Fitz.

Cassie can hear a noise that most people don’t notice or recognise, and she believes it’s a sound that shows the Earth is in distress, damaged by human activity that is causing climate change.

When this belief leads to her being ridiculed and bullied at school, Cassie disappears. Fitz is determined to find her, but he has no idea where to start looking, or if he’ll be in time to help her…

"Such a delicately wrought and cleverly done piece of climate fiction, told through the lens of teenagers' lives. Really beautiful" – Lauren James, author

"A brilliantly unsettling novel that readers will race through!" – Sarah Crossan, author

"Meaningful. Powerful. Wonderful" – Tom Palmer, author

"So, so good. A treasure. Exactly as brilliant as I thought it would be" – Dan Smith, author

"A wonder of a book … brilliantly clever, eerie tale by the legendary Marcus Sedgwick." – Emma Carroll, author

"Fast-paced and engaging … Set during the Covid-19 pandemic, Sedgwick accurately conveys how the combined threat of climate change, and the pandemic negatively affected people’s lives." – Children's Books Ireland

  • Short-listed for Brilliant Book Award 2023
  • Short-listed for Archway Learning Trust Book of the Year 2023
  • Long-listed for The Juniper Book Award 2023 (UK)
  • Long-listed for Carnegie Medal for Writing 2023

ISBN: 9781800900899

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 10mm

Weight: 220g

136 pages