Fearless

Uncorrected Book Proof. 8vo. 267pp. Pictorial wraps.

Longlisted for the 2007 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. An indomitable young girl confined to an Institution with 999 other girls risks everything in pursuit of justice. An allegorical, dystopian tale with allusions to the 'war on terror' of the Bush/Blair years, issued in two different editions, one aimed at adults and the other at children. "Fearless... was without doubt the most difficult thing I have ever attempted to write, and I now believe it to be the most accomplished work I have yet produced." [from the writer's blog]. For readers aged 10 years +. "A smart, dark fable with a wonderfully engaging heroine." –Sarah Waters