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Phoenix

Language: 
English
Author: 
S F Said
Illustrator: 
Dave McKean
Place of publication: 
Oxford
Country: 
United Kingdom
Publisher: 
David Fickling Books
Year of publication: 
2013
ISBN: 
978-0-385-61814-4
Size: 
21.8 x 15.6 cm
Pages: 
p.496
Illustrations: 
Black and white
Category: 
Novels

The story begins and ends with Lucky, a Human boy who undergoes changes in both mind and body as he travels through the galaxy in search of his identity. However, it breaks the boundaries of being only Lucky's personal story. Like most good science fiction this multi-layered book has comments to make about our contemporary world - about war and peace, prejudice, borders and barriers to migration. Political and moral questions and the importance of friendship and family are explored, but above all this is an exciting fast-paced narrative in which secrets unfold along the way. Dave McKean's black and white illustrations swirl around the text echoing the eeriness of Lucky's journey through the stars.

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