Encounters

By: Jason Wallace

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Paperback | 5 April 2018

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Zimbabwe, 1994. A group of children spot peculiar lights in the sky over the grounds of their school.
From this moment on, six young people's lives are changed forever.
Gary hides the anguish he feels now his mum's left, acting out in fury and hatred. Chloe has no words for the thing she fears most every day. Karl is the headmaster's son, now fallen from grace. Tendai knows he can never live up to his grieving father's ideals. And Sixpence watches all, knowing he'll never be like these other children. All of them have seen something they can't explain.
In amongst these tangled, tortured lives, comes a group of psychologists to verify the spookily similar claims of every witness. Their daughter, Holly, can tell there's more to it than aliens or mass hysteria – can she reveal the dark truths that haunt them?
Inspired by true accounts, this is the long-awaited new novel from Costa-award-winner Jason Wallace.

Industry Reviews

"Ingeniously constructed, and as transfixing as the sighting of a UFO" -- Nicolette Jones * Sunday Times *
"A powerful, at times bleak and brutal, read for older teenagers" -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *
"A beautifully written and thought-provoking book about aliens whose lessons on human empathy reach as high as the heavens" * Big Issue, Kids' Books of 2017 *
"A demanding read with many rewards... this novel reflects an exploratory mind, uncompromising yet respectful towards his readers' capacity for agile responses" * Books for Keeps *
"A thought-provoking book which deals honestly with some important issues including child abuse, bullying and verbal abuse... it impresses on every young person the importance of speaking up, and on every adult, the need to listen and support" * Carousel *

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