Skipshock

von Caroline O'Donoghue

400 Seiten, Taschenbuch, ab 12 Jahre

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MARGO AND MOON WERE ON TWO DIFFERENT TRAINS, IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE MET - BUT THEY DID.AND NOW THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.A dazzlingly inventive sci-fi fantasy romance from the bestselling Irish author of The Rachel Incident and host of Sentimental Garbage, now available in paperback."Caroline O'Donoghue is one of our very best writers; wildly inventive, shockingly smart, with characters so fresh and achingly human you'll follow them anywhere." - Laura Steven, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates "Skipshock isn't just a book. It is, literally, a new world to dive into, and one so exquisitely conjured that you feel you live there for a while. A suspenseful, romantic, charming and really unique tale." - Matt HaigWINNER of the Children's Books Ireland Judges' Special AwardShortlisted for the Books Are My Bag AwardsShortlisted for the Irish Book Awards---Margo is on a train when she slips into another dimension, passing from the height of Irish summer into the chill of an alien winter, from a 24-hour day to one that begins and ends in just six hours. From a stranger on the train - a travelling salesman by the name of Moon - she learns that New Davia is part of a world scarred by uprisings, travel bans and world sealings. Power is determined by time - who has it, who doesn't, and who has the freedom to travel between time zones.Can Margo find a way to get back home - or will she choose to stay in a world where her youth is slipping away faster than ever before, but where she may have found the only person with whom she would choose to spend eternity?

• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Romane, Erzählungen, Tatsachenberichte Geschichten über (Freundschafts-)Beziehungen und Beziehungsdynamiken (keine Liebesgeschichten)
• ISBN: 9781529530629
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.07.2026
• Größe: 189 x 120 mm
• Verlag: Walker Books Ltd.
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 12 Jahre