The Ghosts of Heaven

Description

Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2016, this mesmerising and mysterious novel by Printz Award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick is written in four cleverly interlinked parts and can be read in 24 different ways. Spanning thousands of years, The Ghosts of Heaven can tell us a secret as old as time, about survival, discovery, and the effect of the spiral - a symbol that has no end - on all our lives. It's there when a girl walks through the forest, the moist green air clinging to her skin. There centuries later in a pleasant green dale, hiding the treacherous waters of Golden Beck that take Anna, who they call a witch. There on the other side of the world, where a mad poet watches the waves and knows the horrors they hide, and far into the future as Keir Bowman realises his destiny. Each takes their next step in life. None will ever go back to the same place. The spiral has existed as long as time has existed. Follow the ways of infinity to discover its meaning.

Marcus Sedgwick is a full time author. His first novel, Floodland, won the BRANFORD BOASE AWARD for the Best Debut Children's Novel of 2000. Since then his books have been shortlisted for the GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE, the BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD, the COSTA BOOK AWARD, the CARNEGIE MEDAL and the EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD. His previous novel, Midwinterblood, won the 2014 MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD. He lives near Cambridge. Find his website at www.marcussedgwick.com and follow him on Twitter @marcussedgwick.

A triumph - set to wonder and beguile its readers. - THE GUARDIAN I'm calling it now: The Ghosts of Heaven is the book of the year for me. - THE BOOKBAG An intelligent, ambitious and hugely satisfying novel showing that there's no need to stick with simple for young adult fiction. - Anna James, WE LOVE THIS BOOK Marcus Sedgwick's superb new novel, The Ghosts of Heaven, is a real leap of imagination. The four stories in themselves are engrossing and fluently written but what makes this book something special is that, as a whole, it is also a beguiling and philosophical account of human longing and the unknown. A triumph. - Martin Chilton, THE TELEGRAPH