{"product_id":"the-colour-of-the-sun-9781444941135","title":"The Colour of the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA darkly twisted detective ghost tale, from the winner of the Guardian Children''s Book Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavie travels his small town in search of a supposed murderer. But the landscape soon starts to blur into something dark and twisted. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe must make sense of the landscape, if he has any chance of finding answers.  The people he encounters on his travels don''t seem entirely real either. Then he meets the victim of the murder ... but, is he dead, or alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book explores liminal spaces: the edgelands between child and adult, being and seeming, life and death and the human and natural worlds. * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003ebrilliantly suspenseful until the end...He [David Almond] is that rare thing - a writer of lucid, mature elegance, who can still see the world through adolescent eyes. -- Emily Bearn * The Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Almond at his finest...this is a lyrical and moving story about a boy on the cusp of manhood...There is a touching innocence to this book and a warmth that glows from every page. -- Beth Goodyear * The Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eThe Colour of the Sun is really, really something. * Woman's Way *\u003cbr\u003eCreating some of the finest work of his career is David Almond in T\u003cb\u003ehe Colour of the Sun\u003c\/b\u003e (Hodder), a semi-autobiographical novel that showcases his transcendent, otherworldly storytelling. Over the course of a single summer's day, protagonist Davie's journey through his home town and into the sunlit hills shows us life, death and the wonder of the everyday. * The Guardian *","brand":"Hachette Children's Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408412057943,"sku":"9781444941135","price":7.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444941135.jpg?v=1730502810","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-colour-of-the-sun-9781444941135","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}