Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | In a nutshell: tense, super-suspenseful novel based on harrowing real life events
After the Fire was inspired by the Waco siege in Texas 1993 when 82 members of the Branch Davidian sect and four US government agents died in a fire fight after a long siege. It’s not a fictionalised version, but Hill imagines life in the camp and as a survivor. Moonbeam, his central character, is beginning to doubt the teaching of Father John and to comprehend the methods he uses to control his followers.
A survivor, she’s being coaxed to tell the story of the events that led up to that deadly confrontation with ‘The Authorities’. The tension rarely abates, and Hill makes readers empathise with Moonbeam’s confusion and fear. He also makes us desperate to discover the secrets she’s keeping, and long for her to achieve the freedom that’s always been denied. One of the most gripping and suspenseful books you’ll read all year.
Winner of the YA Book Prize 2018.Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.Selected for the 2017 Zoella & Friends Book Club.The things I've seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade.Father John controls everything inside The Fence. And Father John likes rules. Especially about never talking to Outsiders.
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Winner of the YA Book Prize 2018.Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.Selected for the 2017 Zoella & Friends Book Club.The things I've seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade.Father John controls everything inside The Fence. And Father John likes rules.
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After The Fire was written by Will Hill and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd
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