Barrington Stoke Teen: Five Hundred Miles Award-winning author by Kevin Brooks (author)

Two brothers take off in a stolen car with a mysterious girl in this tense road-movie story, shot through with playful hopefulness and all the hallmarks of a classic Kevin Brooks.

For brothers Cole and Ruben it’s another rainy morning in the badlands of East London, selling dodgy paperwork for even dodgier motors. But arriving in a grimy pub on their latest errand, the brothers stumble across a trio of gangsters, a beautiful young girl and a monkey in a cage – and their entire day is knocked off course. They soon find themselves fleeing in a hot-wired car, girl and chattering monkey in tow, surrounded by police. Their final destination: Oban, five hundred miles north, where they hope to find sanctuary.

Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 8.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781781125403

Publisher

Barrington Stoke Ltd

Date published

May 5th, 2016

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.1; Upper years; 2.0 points

Other details

88 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks, author of the young adult novels Martyn Pig, Lucas, Kissing the Rain, Candy, and The Road of The Dead, was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon. After school, he moved to London and tried to become a rock star. The book he would most like to have written is Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. His most precious memory is of sitting on a wall when he was ten years old, wondering where thoughts go when you die. He decided that they float up into space and become fuel for the sun. His advice for aspiring authors? ‘Read as much as you can, and write what you want to write, not what you think other people want you to write. And don’t give up.’

You can find more about Kevin on his MySpace page and via Bebo at www.bebo.com/kevinbrooksauthor