Our journalism is free and open for all, but its made possible thanks to the support we receive. Imagine that a few years from now england is covered by water, and norwich is an island. It tells the story of a 15yearold named boy, a sorcerer named valerian, a girl named willow, and a scientist named kepler. He won the branford boase award for his debut novel, floodland, the booktrust teenage prize for my swordhand is singing, and the 2014 michael l. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Winner of the branford boase award 2001, marcus sedgwick s powerful debut novel about surviving in a sinking world marks the beginning of the authors multiawardwinning career. Be even more wonderful by reading my little plea here first. To ask other readers questions about the book of dead days, please sign up. After careers in bookselling and the publishing industry, sedgwick produced his first novel floodland in 2000.
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