By Caroline O'Donoghue (author)
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MARGO AND MOON WERE ON TWO DIFFERENT TRAINS, IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS. THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE MET - BUT THEY DID. AND NOW THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. A dazzlingly inventive sci-fi fantasy romance from the bestselling Irish author of The Rachel Incident and host of Sentimental Garbage, now available in paperback. "Caroline O'Donoghue is one of our very best writers; wildly inventive, shockingly smart, with characters so fresh and achingly human you'll follow them anywhere." - Laura Steven, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates "Skipshock isn't just a book. It is, literally, a new world to dive into, and one so exquisitely conjured that you feel you live there for a while. A suspenseful, romantic, charming and really unique tale." - Matt Haig WINNER of the Children's Books Ireland Judges' Special Award Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards --- Margo is on a train when she slips into another dimension, passing from the height of Irish summer into the chill of an alien winter, from a 24-hour day to one that begins and ends in just six hours. From a stranger on the train - a travelling salesman by the name of Moon - she learns that New Davia is part of a world scarred by uprisings, travel bans and world sealings. Power is determined by time - who has it, who doesn't, and who has the freedom to travel between time zones. Can Margo find a way to get back home - or will she choose to stay in a world where her youth is slipping away faster than ever before, but where she may have found the only person with whom she would choose to spend eternity?
"Skipshock isn't just a book. It is, literally, a new world to dive into, and one so exquisitely conjured that you feel you live there for a while. A suspenseful, romantic, charming and really unique tale." - Matt Haig
Caroline O'Donoghue is a journalist and author. She has published two adult novels, Promising Young Women and Scenes of a Graphic Nature , and is currently working on a collection of personal essays exploring her experiences of feminism and witchcraft.
She has a regular column in The Irish Examiner, and has written for The Irish Independent, Glamour, Buzzfeed and Vice, among others. Caroline also hosts Sentimental Garbage, a podcast in which she reviews commercial women's fiction titles with other authors.
All Our Hidden Gifts is her first novel for young adults.
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It is, literally, a new world to dive into, and one so exquisitely conjured that you feel you live there for a while. A suspenseful, romantic, charming and really unique tale." - Matt HaigWINNER of the Children's Books Ireland Judges' Special AwardShortlisted for the Books Are My Bag AwardsShortlisted for the Irish Book Awards---Margo is on a train when she slips into another dimension, passing from the height of Irish summer into the chill of an alien winter, from a 24-hour day to one that begins and ends in just six hours.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Skipshock and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Skipshock features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Featured Books for Young Adults, Fantasy / Magical, Romance / Relationship Stories, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Skipshock was written by Caroline O'Donoghue and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
Skipshock has 394 pages
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