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Micka - Softcover

Kay, Frances

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9780330513821: Micka
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0330513826 ISBN 13: 9780330513821
Publisher: Picador Paperbacks, 2010

Synopsis

You are ten years old, and living in a chaotic, fractured world created by the adults in your life.

Micka loves drawing and wants a pup, but with older brothers into violence and petty crime, and a mother who can’t read the notes his teacher sends home from school, neither he nor the pup stand much of a chance.

Then a new boy starts in Micka’s class. Laurie, whose crazy mother and emotionally remote father have just split up, is a year older than Micka, and precociously articulate.

Both boys have vivid imaginations, but when they meet, their imaginary worlds collide, with disastrous consequences: as Laurie’s fantasies of magic and revenge become more and more unsettling, he pulls Micka into a dangerous game where the line between make-believe and real life -- and, ultimately, death -- is increasingly blurred.

Written in direct, uncompromising yet compassionate prose, and with a breathtaking clarity of insight, Micka is an astonishingly assured debut -- and an unforgettable story.

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About the Author

Frances Kay is a children’s playwright who was born in London and now lives in Ireland. She has previously written for the theatre and TV, and has worked with gypsies, prisoners and children in both the UK and Ireland. She is married to musician Nico Brown and they have two daughters.

Micka is her first novel.

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Publisher
Picador Paperbacks
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0330513826
ISBN 13 
9780330513821
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240
Rating
  • 3.66 out of 5 stars
    59 ratings by Goodreads