Bone Music
A gripping book of hope and joy
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Bone Music
Narrated by:
Hannah Barrie
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Narrated by:
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Hannah Barrie
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Written by:
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David Almond
About this listen
Sylvia, brave hearted and rebellious, moves into wild Northumberland from the city of Newcastle. She feels alien in this huge, silent, seemingly empty landscape, but then she meets Gabriel, a strange yet familiar boy. As they roam the forests and fells together, she sees nature with new eyes. She becomes aware that the past is all around her, and is deep inside herself. From the wing of a dead buzzard, they create a hollow bone - the kind of flute that was created and used in rituals in the distant past.
This is a book of hope and joy - a book that celebrates humanity and explores the deep connections between ourselves and nature. It is timely and original. It speaks to young people about what it really is to be a human being alive today.
"Spell-binding... impossible to resist... breathless, intoxicating prose. [Almond's] books seem to exist in their own otherworldly universe, outside all the trends in modern publishing, yet resolutely of the now." The Glasgow Herald
"David Almond's books are strange, unsettling wild things - unfettered by the normal constraints of children's literature. They are, like all great literature, beyond classification." The Guardian
"[David Almond] is that rare thing - a writer of lucid, mature elegance, who can still see the world through adolescent eyes." The Daily Telegraph
"A writer of visionary Blakean intensity." The Times
"A master storyteller." The Independent
(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2021 David Almond
Critic Reviews
Lyrical...hypnotic and beautifully written
This tale from rural Northumberland will stick with you...He explores our place in the world, our connection to nature. At some point it becomes a rather Blakean tale of self-discovery...rich, wise, and never boring
A breathtakingly beautiful and lyrical novel
A remarkable book that already feels like a classic, it is sure to become one
Mystical
David Almond's novels are so simple on the surface, so hauntingly mysterious in their depths
This is a book of hope and joy - get out of your comfort zone, explore the extraordinary, get in touch with nature and share in the belief that young & old can create a better world.
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