By Joanna Nadin (author)
"Exploring family secrets and the legacies of war, this dual-voiced, multi-generational YA page-turner undulates with emotion."
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Set between Cambridge in 2024 and Famagusta, Cyprus, in 1974, Joanna Nadin’s My Teeth in Your Heart tells the emotionally-rich story of two young women connected by the legacies of the Cypriot war.
Thrillingly plotted, with cliff-hangers coming thick and fast thanks to the dual-timeframe, dual-character narratives that reveal escalating political unrest, war, and personal revelations in 1970s Cyprus, and explosive truths in the present-day, it’s also romantic and rip-roaringly gripping.
In the present-day, Billy is doing her best to navigate her last year before uni, while falling-out with her best friend and dealing with a problematic mother. Then, when her grandmother’s will requests that her ashes are to be scattered in Cyprus, where she and her husband met, mother and daughter travel to the island, where Billy is compelled to follow-up shocking truths revealed in her grandmother’s diary.
A second equally-as absorbing narrative plays out in Cyprus in 1974, where 17-year-old ex-pat Anna aspires to study at Cambridge and falls in love just as war breaks out.
Illuminating on the historic context, My Teeth in Your Heart is also a wonderful coming of age story as it lays bare the lives of two young women who, though separated by fifty years, face comparable situations when it comes to love, sex, and the desire to live free.
2024, Cambridge, England.
Billy's got problems. A Levels, a mum who checked out of parenting a while ago, and then… there's what Billy's done to Cass, her person. Some secrets are too toxic to keep, but there's no way Billy can let this one loose.
1974, Famagusta, Cyprus.
Anna's a good ex-pat girl, focused on her A Levels, dreaming of studying at Cambridge, and definitely not looking for the love of her life. But then love does come, closely followed by war, and Anna's carefully crafted world is blown apart.
Anna and Billy are two girls living decades apart, both searching for who they are and who they could be. When a diary connects them, it tells more than just a life story. It reveals a legacy of war, with consequences that could devastate two generations.
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Joanna Nadin is a winner of the Fantastic Book Award, the Surrey Book Award, Blue Peter 'Book of the Month' and Radio 4 Open Book 'Book of the Year'. She has been shortlisted for the Booktrust Best Book Award and Queen of Teen, and Spies, Dad, Big Lauren and Me was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. In 2011, Penny Dreadful is a Magnet for Disaster was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Joe All Alone was nominated for the 2016 C ILIP C arnegie Medal. She writes the Flying Fergus series with Sir Chris Hoy. Joanna previously worked as a policy writer for the Labour Party and a special adviser to the Prime Minister. She continues to freelance as a speechwriter and editor, and lectures in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
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2024, Cambridge, England. Billy's got problems. A Levels, a mum who checked out of parenting a while ago, and then… there's what Billy's done to Cass, her person. Some secrets are too toxic to keep, but there's no way Billy can let this one loose. 1974, Famagusta, Cyprus.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed My Teeth in Your Heart and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
My Teeth in Your Heart features in the following genres: Gritty Reads, Recommendations, Historical Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for Young Adults
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My Teeth in Your Heart was written by Joanna Nadin and published by UCLan Publishing
My Teeth in Your Heart has 340 pages
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