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Aftershocks

By Anne Fine
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Aftershocks by Anne Fine is a children's book that follows the story of a family dealing with the emotional challenges and changes that occur after a significant life event. The narrative explores themes of resilience and family dynamics as the characters navigate their altered circumstances, learning to adjust and find new ways to support each other in the aftermath.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in stories that delve into the complexities of handling grief and emotions with sensitivity and insight. It offers a nuanced perspective on overcoming challenges, providing a powerful narrative that can resonate with young readers facing similar experiences.

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Aftershocks

Accompanying his engineer father on a work trip, Louie is stranded by an earthquake in an isolated world peopled by ghostly figures. Overwhelmed by the misery of the silent Endlanders and grieving the loss of his own brother, Louie realises there is something he can do to help them all face the future again. But will he find the courage to do it?

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A family mix-up means Louie has to tag along with his engineer father and his team as they head for a routine job in the farthest flung and most neglected province of the Federation.

A massive earthquake, with ensuing tsunami, devastates the entire isolated coastal region, laying bare the other-worldly manner in which the silent and strange Endlanders deal with life, death and the hinterlands of memory and loss. Their curious and unsettling ways raise ghosts for Louie, who has recently lost his own brother.

This modern fable – part ghost-story, part coming-of-age novel and part astute social and family observation – explores the ways in which grief can affect not only individuals, but communities at large.

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Anne Fine's Aftershocks is praised as a triumph and a challenging, powerful work, regarded as some of the author's best. It has been noted as having the potential to heal, making it both familiar and otherworldly. The novel's contradictions—being a ghost story grounded in real emotions—capture its ambition while exploring personal grief with remarkable intimacy.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781910646779

Publisher: Old Barn Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 February 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Old Barn Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 288

Collections

Anne Fine Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Young Adult

About the Author

Former Children's Laureate Anne Fine has written over seventy books for children and won many prizes and accolades, including twice winning the Carnegie Medal. Her writing very often tackles series social issues but can also be laugh-out-loud funny and her range is demonstrated by the successes of Madame Doubtfire and Goggle Eyes.

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