April 2014 Debut of the Month.
As funny as it is moving, this is a wonderfully vibrant and life-affirming story as told by fifteen year old Francis Wotton. Still in the Lower Fifth, Francis should be doing nothing more than studying for his GCSEs, developing his style and sophistication and clashing with his mother. Instead, he is diagnosed with leukaemia. Francis’s life takes off in an entirely different direction as he deals with his illness, how others react to it and, above all, meets Amber. Matthew Crow wittily brings all the complexities of adolescence living and loving sharply into focus adding the twist of uncertainty that haunts his loveable hero.
We invited a small number of our Lovereading members to review In Bloom. Here's a taster....'Any John Green fans will adore this - fresh, funny and real. In Bloom will have you laughing one moment and crying the next. I loved it!' - Erin Zammitt
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Francis Wootton is a fifteen year old poet manqué, and as far as he’s concerned his subtle genius is wasted on his family – and pretty much everyone else in his hometown of Tyne-and-Wear. His mum’s run off her feet, his dad’s just run off, his older brother Chris is permanently broke, and he isn’t even sure he likes his best friend Jacob. So Francis often stumbles over the obstacles of adolescence alone. Lower Fifth is supposed to be his time, the start of an endless horizon towards whatever-comes-next. But when he is diagnosed with leukemia, that wide-open future suddenly narrows, and a whole new world of worry presents itself. There’s the notion of being held back a year at school, the threat of imminent baldness, having to locate his best shirt in case a visiting princess or pop-star fancies him for a photo-op . . . But he hadn’t reckoned on meeting Amber – fierce, tough, one-of-a-kind Amber – and finding a reason to tackle it all – the good, the bad, and everything in between – head on.
In Bloom features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Debut Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories
In Bloom is available in Paperback, Hardback
In Bloom was written by Matthew Crow and published by Much-In-Little an imprint of Constable and Robinson
In Bloom has 235 pages
£15.29
