Book description
Set in a highly realistic dystopic future, where the lowlands of
Britain are flooded, this beautifully realised novel explores a world
where archaeology is controlled for fear of social unrest. One bleak
morning, a storm across the North Sea unveils a human skull, which leads
to a series of events that changes the lives of those involved. Merrick,
a young graduate archaeology student becomes embroiled in the task of
discovering the origins of the skull. His interest in this bizarre case
brings him into contact with the Inglish, a remnant tribe eking out an
existence on the edge of Europe. In this wildly progressive new world,
it is they who will be affected the most. This is a compelling vision of
England as it could be in the not-so-distant future. Jan Mark was born
in Welwyn, Herts in 1943. She grew up in Ashford, Kent and attended
Canterbury College of Art. She taught in a secondary school in Gravesend
for six years, before becoming a full-time writer. Her book THEY DO
THINGS DIFFERENTLY THERE was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's
Fiction Award and the Whitbread Children's Award. She has won the
Carnegie Medal twice, for THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGS and HANDLES.
