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Knife edge by robert swindells goodreads share book. At sams school youre not anyone unless you have a knife. Geli straub plays a dangerous game when she agrees to become mlle. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the carnegie medal. Feb 05, 2004 buy knife edge 1st by malorie blackman isbn. Your book blurb aka online description, like your dating profile, has to be engaging and alluring to attract passersby. Its a fantastic follow on to noughts and crosses, blackmans first book in the series. Callums brother, jude, blames sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered and is determined to destroy sephys life by any means necessary. Author linda bailey interview on a knifes edge author. For over 20 years, the writers edge service has been a method of effective communication between writers and major traditional christian publishers for christian manuscript submissions. This book is on the longlist for the 2008 guardian childrens fiction prize, along with my own. All of which is a shame, because otherwise a knife edge is another strong outing for vin cooper, whose sardonic narration anchors the book and provides its unique voice. Minerva offers to patch up things with jasmine, but sephy tries to get.

She goes on many adventures including one to the humans house, where she finds a new knife blade, which is how she got her new name. And while sephy struggles to face an uncertain future, callums brother jude broods on the past until, finally, his actions draw sephy into his world once again and she is forced to take sidesa a stunning and powerful novel in which truth and justice are no. The writers edge service matching quality christian. She wants to raise her child in peace, but both naughts and crosses condemn. Knife edge by malorie blackman 9780552548922paperback. Jul 23, 2016 where did you get the idea for on a knifes edge. The book is appropriate for the teen market, but the reading age is eight. In this racist society, where blackskinned crosses subject whiteskinned naughts to crushing racial prejudice, sephy stands in a dangerous middle ground. These sizes are only guidelines to approximate sizing, and should not be used in order to design an actual book or magazine. The fee for the blurb writing service is calculated in relation to the length of the manuscript. Noughts and crosses, knife edge, checkmate, double cross and crossfire.

Sep 25, 2016 a simple outline for writing a killer book blurb september 25, 2016 september 25, 2016 kaitlin hillerich in my last post, i mentioned that ive been working on a novella and shared some reasons why you should write one of your own. Jul 19, 20 the blurb of your book is the second thing a potential reader will look at after the coverso take the time to get it right. Persephone sephy hadley is a cross, one of a class of black rulers looking down on every nought. She is acknowledged as one of todays most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers, and has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the red house childrens book award and the fantastic fiction award. Sephy is alone and pregnant living in an apartheid state. I offer authors two options for book blurb writing services. Eliot parker is the author of four novels, most recently a knifeas edge, which was an honorable mention in thriller writing at the london book festival, and is the sequel to the awardwinning novel fragile brilliance. I was so excited, and eager to begin reading this book when my mum brought it home from the library. Very hard to find and the ultimate loveless reference book.

This box is intended to briefly tell us more about you and who you see as the potential market for your book. But the knife edge path is different, here we have a protagonist who is left with little choice but to take on a guise and act as a spy for the ss. Apr 02, 2018 below you will find a link to her post on writing the blurb, a great read for all authors. His novel code for murder was named a 2018 finalist for genre fiction by american book fest. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sephy is a cross, the privileged treated by noughts as inferiors, but callum was a nought. The book is written from two different perspectives callums and sephys persephone and their experiences of their entwined but very different worlds. The credentials, platform and marketing blurb in the second box should be about 5075 words. Buy the knife s edge by stephen westaby from waterstones today. Theres plenty of solid action, more than there was in the death trust, and time for a nicely offbeat romantic interlude for vin. Jan 08, 2009 knife is a book about a young fairy girl called bryony who really wants to find out about the history of her people and their connection to humans. The original idea for on a knifes edge started percolating in my head 6 or 7 years ago when a local news reporter came and spoke to our writers group. Jul 09, 2010 beware of blurbs from backscratching to overpraise, why author endorsements are so bad and so unreliable. What was the most difficult thing about writing this book.

Knife edge malorie blackman author of noughts and crosses. This is actually a reprinted barrington stoke classic the authors more recent work is still much liked, such as the first hunter. Nicholas rossis has a wonderfully informative share about turning your facebook author page into a new sales funnel for your books. A graphic novel four points, book 2 skip to main content. Honest blurbs for honest writers tara sparling writes. Devastatingly powerful the guardian moving and thoughtprovoking observer blackmans. The noughts and crosses series is the most powerful and moving series i have ever read. The chapters alternate, with even chapters being callums and odd ones sephys. A book blurb which will arouse a readers curiosity to read the story you have worked on, but not give away twists within the story, is a quality one. Book 2 noughts and crosses and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Knife edge by malorie blackman 97801478657paperback.

Writers tips writing the blurb and facebook author pages. Book blurb writing service, novel summary, manuscript editor. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the red house childrens book award and the fantastic fiction award. Nov 28, 2018 i have been a book editor for four decades, and over the course of my career the blurb monster has grown exponentially. Beware of blurbs from backscratching to overpraise, why author endorsements are so bad and so unreliable.

Malorie blackman is a gifted author and i look forward to reading many more of her books. Rands story was probably the least interesting in the book, for me, with the exception of the closing pages of it. Apparently publishers think so because youll find blurbs on front and back covers of many booksand theyre hoping if you see that one of your favorite authors loved a bookthat maybe youll buy it to see if youll love it, too. Devastatingly powerful guardianno one could begin to guess at the depth of the hatred i held for sephy hadley. A simple outline for writing a killer book blurb ink and quills. A few months ago i received an email from a reader who said she enjoyed my books but would no longer read them because i had endorsed a book with a scene that was very difficult to read because of the extent and type of violence involved. Apr 21, 2019 knife of dreams does a much better job of equally sharing out space in the novel between characters, and all of their stories are reaching the point when they become really, really interesting. Knife finds romance, friendship and danger on the way. Vin cooper, the engaging and funny aviophobic air force investigator from rollinss the death trust 2007, has been given a more relaxed assignment as a department of defense investigator until he fully recovers from his last mission. Malorie blackmans writing skills are phenomenal,she manages to completely submerge you into her. The knife of never letting go by patrick ness books. As in the previous book, the writing is keenly incisive, though more so, in this case.

Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. I have seen nonfiction blurbs that are more about the author than the content of the book and i have seen fiction blurbs that are a synopsis of the story and even tell the reader the ending. It used to be that an authors first book was the one that most blurbseeking energy was expended upon, for obvious reasons. Jude mcgreggor is a nought, a pale skinned inferior in a world run by crosses. He is the author of the death trust and a knife edge, both international. Knife edge is the second fulllength book in the series. A book blurb should be a fair representation of the style of the book. Knife edge by malorie blackman overdrive rakuten overdrive. An eye for an eye is a novella that was released for world book day in 2003 and is now out of print. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read.

The past colours the present as sephy gives birth, alone, to her daughter, her babys father, callum, having been hanged for terrorism. This item shows signs of wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and is a good working copy. Unless the author puts it online somewhere for free, you are probably. I dont really want to go into much detail about the plot as it would be too easy to spoil the story. Simone miroux for an ss officer to spy on one of their own. Many writers find writing book blurbs really difficult. An eye for an eye describes one evening while sephy is pregnant with callie rose when her sister, minerva, visits her. Sephy is a cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling. Hard to find loveless book living on the edge a book about the al williams collection of loveless knives. The editorcopywriter producing the blurb will be an experienced professional with many years of experience in editing and the writing skill to put together good copy for your work or an experienced copy writer.

Writing a book blurb is harder than you think, and is an excellent way of getting yourself noticed. Patreon for writers 1,056 views 1 year ago patreon is a platform most authors know about that helps them raise money to help support their craft, but many writers struggle with it. Her own father had her lightskinned lover callum executed, and shes despised by callums brother jude. The novella gives an insight into the events of knife edge. Noughts and crosses, knife edge, checkmate, double cross and. Jun 29, 2011 malorie blackman was the childrens laureate between 202015, and has written over sixty books. Knife edge noughts and crosses, band 2 malorie blackman isbn.