Life
Subtitle: an exploded diagram
By: Mal Peet
Publisher: Walker
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781844281008
Subjects: Young adult fiction; Juvenile fiction; Social life and customs; Family life; Fiction; Love; Coming of age; Cold War; Social classes; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; History; Manners and customs
Description: Clem Ackroyd lives with his parents and grandmother in a claustrophobic home too small to accommodate their larger-than-life characters in the bleak Norlfolk countryside. Clem's life changes irrevocably when he meets Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and experiences first love, in all its pain and glory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Clem Ackroyd lives with his parents and grandmother in a claustrophobic home too small to accommodate their larger-than-life characters in the bleak Norlfolk countryside. Clem's life changes irrevocably when he meets Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and experiences first love, in all its pain and glory.