Rowan the Strange
“How does a doctor examine a person’s brain? They won’t use knives on me, will they?”
Rowan knows he is strange. But dangerous?
He didn’t mean to scare his sister. In his right mind, he wouldn’t hurt a fly. But there’s a place he can go where they say they can sort him out.
Beyond the bars on the hospital window, England is at war, Behind them, Rowan’s own battle is only just beginning ...
Reviews
‘Rowan the Strange works perfectly as a strangely beautiful stand-alone story. It is nothing short of extraordinary.’
GUARDIAN
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‘This is quite possibly the most amazing work of children’s fiction I’ve read in the last two years.'
BOOKBAG
‘Julie Hearn’s latest offering once again outshines so many of her contemporaries through intelligence and perceptive elegance.’
WATERSTONE'S
‘Hearn is skilled at conveying the place and the time, but it is in the details of human interaction that her novel is particularly remarkable.’ –
THE TIMES
‘A first-rate novel which is unreservedly recommended.’
SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
‘An exceptional, not-to-be-missed novel for all young people and
adults alike.’
ARMADILLO ONLINE
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