Book description
A story of dark emotions and strange friendship, Doll is the eagerly
awaited new title from Nicky Singer, following the triumph of her first
children's book, Feather Boy.
Tilly's biker mother gave Tilly a doll when she was on her deathbed.
There is something strange about the doll, something dangerous -
something which brings Tilly into the path of Jan, a South American boy
with his own problems. But there are questions that have not been
answered. Is Tilly's mother really dead, or is there a more painful
reason for her absence? Praise for FEATHER BOY:
“Inventive, original and full of surprises, it's the sort of dazzling
debut novel that most publishers would fall over themselves to snap up…”
T2
“Feather Boy is the most intelligent book for youngsters I've read for
a very long time. Every 12-year-old will see a bit of themself in Robert
and won't be able to put this book down until Feather Boy's emotional,
thought-provoking climax. Fabulous.”
Funday Times
“Feather Boy is more than just a story about Bullying. It's bigger than
that. It's about finding your voice, shouting from the rooftops about
something you believe in, refusing to back down, never giving up. It's
enormously uplifting.”
John McLay
“Feather Boy is simply fabulous… an emotionally intense suspense novel
of the highest order”
Michael Thorn, Achuka Nicky Singer was born in 1956 and has worked in
publishing, the arts and television. She was co-founder and co-director
of Performing Arts Labs, a charity dedicated to training new writers for
theatre, screen and opera. In 1995 she presented BBC2's highly acclaimed
documentary series on women's fertility, “Labours of Eve”. In 2000,
Nicky was made a board member of the South East Arts Board. Nicky lives
in Brighton with her husband and their two young sons and a daughter.
