Geraldine McCaughrean is one of my favourite authors currently writing for a young audience - but she is not necessarily the most popular. Her writing is razor sharp, replete with glorious vocabulary, her wit is as keen and her settings always a surprise. Here we are in Afalia, a country threatened by a cataclysmic flood. People rely on the News. But is it the truth? Clever, percipient, challenging - and often funny.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 102 Autumn 2021 ) |
