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The Bone Dragon
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The Bone Dragon
A stunning literary debut that explores the fragile boundaries between real life and fantasy.
The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale is a stunning literary debut that explores the fragile boundaries between real life and fantasy.
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Evie's shattered ribs have been a secret for the last four years. Now she has found the strength to tell her adoptive parents, and the physical traces of her past are fixed—the only remaining signs a scar on her side and a fragment of bone taken home from the hospital, which her uncle Ben helps her to carve into a dragon as a sign of her strength.
Soon this ivory talisman begins to come to life at night, offering wisdom and encouragement in roaming dreams of smoke and moonlight that come to feel ever more real. As Evie grows stronger, there remains one problem her new parents can't fix for her: a revenge that must be taken. And it seems that the Dragon is the one to take it.
This subtly unsettling novel is told from the viewpoint of a fourteen-year-old girl damaged by a past she can't talk about, in a hypnotic narrative that, while giving increasing insight, also becomes increasingly unreliable. A blend of psychological thriller and fairytale, The Bone Dragon explores the fragile boundaries between real life and fantasy, and the darkest corners of the human mind.
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The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale is a compelling young adult novel praised for its masterful narrative and emotional depth. Reviewers highlight its intricate storytelling, with unexpected plot developments and complex character portrayals. It explores themes of trauma, survival, and the power of imagination with a blend of realism and magic. The book is noted for its emotional impact and is applauded as an impressive debut for the author.
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ISBN: 9780571295623
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 February 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 320
About the Author
A British-American citizen of Italian heritage, Alexia is an editor, teacher and writing consultant. After studying psychology then educational technology at Cambridge, she moved to New York to work on a Tony-award-winning Broadway show before completing a PhD and teaching qualification. In between, she worked as a West End script-critic, box-office manager for a music festival and executive editor of a human rights journal. Alexia has always wanted a Dragon; luckily, she has her very own rib in a pot.
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