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Timeless, beautiful, and haunting, spirals connect four episodes, from prehistory through the far future, in this Michael L. Printz Honor Book. In prehistory, a girl picks up a charred stick and makes the first written signs. Tens of centuries later, the treacherous waters of Golden Beck take Anna, who people call a witch. At the beginning of the twentieth century, in the halls of a Long Island hospital at the beginning of the twentieth century, a mad poet watches the ocean and knows the horrors it hides And there in the far future, as an astronaut faces his destiny on the first spaceship sent from earth to colonize another world. Each of the characters in these mysterious linked stories embarks on a journey of discovery and survival; carried forward through the spiral of time, none will return to the same place. "The Ghosts of Heaven" is a mesmerizing novel from Printz Award winner Marcus Sedgwick, author of "Midwinterblood, Revolver, "and" She Is Not Invisible." A Michael L. Printz Honor Book Intriguing . . . [the] sense of mystery propels the novel forward. "The New York Times Book Review" Wondrously metaphysical, Sedgwick's novel will draw teens in and invite them to share in the awe-inspiring (and sometimes terrifying) order and mystery that surround us all. "School Library Journal," starred review This complex masterpiece is for sophisticated readers of any age. Haunting. "Kirkus Reviews," starred review Satisfyingly brain-teasing. "The Horn Book" Readers who like untangling puzzles will enjoy parsing the threads knitting together this corkscrew of tales. "Publisher s Weekly ""

About the Author :
Marcus Sedgwick has always been fascinated with spirals, which occur throughout nature from the microscopic to the interstellar. Fundamentally elegant and mesmerizing, many cultures and individuals have ascribed a special meaning to the form. He is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for young adults, including "She Is Not Invisible," "Midwinterblood," which won the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award, "White Crow," and "Revolver," a Printz Award Honor Book. He lives near Cambridge, England.

Review :
." . . satisfyingly brain-teasing." -" The Horn Book" *"Like his Printz Award-winning "Midwinterblood," the prolific Sedgwick's latest work consists of individual tales spanning centuries of time connected only by a single thread - in this case a shape; the spiral . . . At once prosaic and wondrously metaphysical, Sedgwick's novel will draw teens in and invite them to share in the awe-inspiring (and sometimes terrifying) order and mystery that surround us all." - "School Library Journal," STARRED REVIEW *"Sedgwick is one of the most sophisticated, thought-provoking voices in YA novels, and like his Printz winning "Midwinterblood," this presents a story told in pieces over a span of centuries." - "Booklist," STARRED REVIEW *"Similar to Sedgwick's Printz Award-winning "Midwinterblood," four stories relate in elusive ways . . . this complex masterpiece is for sophisticated readers of any age. Haunting." - "Kirkus Reviews," STARRED REVIEW "Four short stories, thematically related by images of the spiral form that snakes its way through each to obsess a protagonist, flash across time in this thought-provoking collection." - "BCCB" "Readers who like untangling puzzles will enjoy parsing the threads knitting together this corkscrew of tales." - "Publishers Weekly" A Printz Honor book GHOSTS OF HEAVEN: MIDWINTERBLOOD REVOLVER WHITE CROW 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Four short stories, thematically related by images of the spiral form that snakes its way through each to obsess a protagonist, flash across time in this thought-provoking collection. "BCCB" . . . satisfyingly brain-teasing. "The Horn Book" * Sedgwick is one of the most sophisticated, thought-provoking voices in YA novels, and like his Printz winning "Midwinterblood," this presents a story told in pieces over a span of centuries. "Booklist, STARRED REVIEW" * Like his Printz Award-winning "Midwinterblood," the prolific Sedgwick's latest work consists of individual tales spanning centuries of time connected only by a single thread - in this case a shape; the spiral . . . At once prosaic and wondrously metaphysical, Sedgwick's novel will draw teens in and invite them to share in the awe-inspiring (and sometimes terrifying) order and mystery that surround us all. "School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW" * Similar to Sedgwick's Printz Award-winning "Midwinterblood," four stories relate in elusive ways . . . this complex masterpiece is for sophisticated readers of any age. Haunting. "Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW" Readers who like untangling puzzles will enjoy parsing the threads knitting together this corkscrew of tales. "Publishers Weekly" A tale for the ages, expertly spun and completely satisfying. "Eoin Colfer, New York Times Book Review on Midwinterblood" Its strange spell will capture you. "Booklist, starred review on Midwinterblood" The Time traveler's Wife meets Lost in this chilling exploration of love and memory. "Kirkus, starred review on Midwinterblood" A story that's simultaneously romantic, tragic, horrifying, and transcendental. "Publishers Weekly, starred review on Midwinterblood""


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780606392921
  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Turtleback Books
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0606392920
  • Publisher Date: 25 Oct 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 408 gr


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