Bearmouth

<p><b>Winner of the Older Fiction category of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and of the Branford Boase Award</b></p>______<p><b> 'An extraordinary dystopian novel... compelling and original' <i>Sunday Times</i>, Book of the Year</b></p><p><b> 'One of the most vivid, tough, bold and gripping books I've read in a long time' Katherine Rundell, author of <i>Impossible Creatures</i></b></p><p><b> 'A dazzling fable of oppression and hope' <i>Financial Times</i>, Books of the Year</b></p>_____<p>Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labour, the sunlit world above the mine a distant memory. Reward will come in the next life with the benevolence of the Mayker.</p><p> Newt accepts everything - that is, until the mysterious Devlin arrives. Suddenly, Newt starts to look at Bearmouth with a fresh perspective, questioning the system, and setting in motion a chain of events that could destroy their entire world.</p>