The Sound of Everything

Rebecca Henry

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The Sound of Everything

Rebecca Henry
Dimensions

198mm x 129mm
Format

Paperback
ISBN

978-1-911427-15-5
Published

July 22nd 2021, May 2020
Pages

240
Author

Rebecca Henry

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Winner of the Everything with Words’ YA Competition 2019 judged by Patrice Lawrence, The Sound of Everything is a heart-felt coming of age story for all those who struggle to feel like they deserve love.

Betrayal, rejection, violence Kadie has known it all. She’s tough and prepared for everything. Everything except love.

Kadie has has just arrived in yet another foster home. She trusts no one and lives by the rules: don’t count on anyone, always act, be prepared to lose everything. She’s lost everything more times than she can count but then she meets Lips and learns that some things are even more important than survival. But she has secrets of which she must let go if she is to make a stab at friendship and love.

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‘A stunning new voice. Outstanding, complex writing. So pleased this book is here!’ Patrice Lawrence

‘A rare precocious talent’  Alex Wheatle

‘A remarkably accomplished debut from a truly talented author’ Jenny Downham

‘Fizzing with energy and purpose, a vibrant new voice in UK YA’  Lisa Williamson

‘Firmly establishing herself as the genre’s most exciting new voice with this outstanding debut novel The Sound of Everything…exquisitely perceptive . . . A sensitive, mesmerising coming-of-age novel, this is a must-read for any YA devotee.’  The Independent, 15 best young adult books for 2021, Best New Talent

‘Debut author Rebecca Henry springs on to the YA scene with The Sound of Everything, an energetic and heart-wrenching account of a life in foster care. . . Henry’s ear for dialect and slang is particularly cite, and her depiction of adolescent bullying in the social-media age devastatingly sharp.” Irish Times

‘Brilliantly assured’ Guardian

‘It’s doubtful there could be a more authentic teenage voice than that of Kadie in The Sound of Everything’  FT

Nominated for the Carnegie 2022

Book Details

Dimensions

198mm x 129mm
Format

Paperback
ISBN

978-1-911427-15-5
Published

July 22nd 2021, May 2020
Pages

240
Author

Rebecca Henry
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Rebecca Henry

Rebecca Henry won our competition for a YA novel with an urban feel judged by Patrice Lawrence.

Rebecca has been obsessed with words since she was young and is not ashamed of it. As a word nerd, she fills her spare time buried in books, writing random stuff, and learning new things that are nothing to do with essays and useless theories. Some of that spare time is also spent on YouTube and accidental procrastination. She has written many things which make her cringe and a few things which she is happy with, but is nonetheless always thinking and imagining. She has no pets because a horse will not fit comfortably in the back garden.