Steven Camden is a talented and exceptional wordsmith. Everything he writes is pure gold. — Manjeet MannStand Up Ferren Burke is a funny, warm novel in verse from the CLiPPA award winning poet Steven Camden.Comic collectorVinyl connoiseurAir Jordan enthusiastIn his mind, Ferran Burke is many thingsBut to everyone else he is just one,Emile Burke’s little brotherand Emile is all about himself.Now Ferran is stepping into the new worldof high school aloneand needs to learn quickly how to survive.New allies. New enemies. New feelings. New passions.A time capsule coming-of-age story spanning five years of one boy’s lifeas he navigates the chaos trying to find himself.Friends. Fights. Family. Food.Playing with form and visuals throughoutStand Up Ferran Burke is a verse novelas unique as the boy at its heart.
CONTRIBUTORS: Steven Camden
EAN: 9781529067767
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 308 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Poetry, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / School & Education / General
WIDTH: 131 cm
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Book Themes:
Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse
Steven Camden is a leading spoken-word poet, performing as Polarbear. He also writes radio plays, teaches storytelling in schools and was a lead artist for the Ministry of Stories. Stand Up Ferren Burke is a hilarious novel written in verse, and his second published by Macmillan's Children's Books.
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