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Alex Nye

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Alex Nye is the author of EVEN THE BIRDS GROW SILENT, and is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund at the University of Glasgow. She grew up in Norfolk by the sea, but has lived in Scotland for most of her adult life where she finds much of her inspiration in Scottish history. At the age of 16 she won the W H Smith Young Writers' Award out of 33,000 entrants, and has been writing ever since. Her first children's novel, CHILL, won the Royal Mail Award. Previous titles include FOR MY SINS about Mary Queen of Scots, ARGUING WITH THE DEAD, a novel about the life of Mary Shelley, WHEN WE GET TO THE ISLAND, DARKER ENDS, and the classic Kelpies series CHILL and SHIVER. She divides her time between walking the dog, swimming, scribbling in notebooks i ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 307 ratings · 93 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chill 3.62 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Even the Birds Grow Silent 4.16 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For My Sins 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shiver 3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arguing with the Dead 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darker Ends 3.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When We Get To The Island 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selkie Girl 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Review of Sadie, Call the Polis

Sadie, Call The Polis by Kirkland Ciccone

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Sadie, Call the Polis is a dark comedy set in Scotland, where we follow the journey of offbeat heroine Sadie Relish. In 1976, a heatwave 'hot enough to melt concrete' descends on Scotland, and while everyone wilts in the heat, a woman arrives in Little Denny Road with the keys to her new council flat. She is glamorous, indomitable Read more of this blog post »

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“Fiona fixed a slice of bread to the toasting fork and held it out to the flames. So began the ritual. Hot butter melted off the slices of toast and dribbled onto their fingers.”
― Alex Nye, Shiver

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“All around him the branches of the trees had frozen solid, reaching out white fingers of glass that looked as if they would shatter in any breeze, or chime like musical bells. The world looked strangely magical.”
― Alex Nye, Chill

tags: branches, breeze, chime, fingers, magical, musical-bells, shatter, snow, trees

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“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
― Emily Jane Brontë , Wuthering Heights

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message 2: by Hilary

May 22, 2015 01:08PM

Thank you for recommending A House Called Askival, will give it a try when I find a copy. Glad to see someone appreciates midnight is a place, I read it when I was around 9 and was also struck with the image of the snatcher. I found the book in a jumble sale when expecting my first child and have read it many times since ( he is now 15 ) It's a wonderful book to read aloud, has so many interesting elements, we were always fascinated by the idea of toshing and instantly realised what the saying 'what a load of tosh ' means ! I loved the coziness of the ice house and recorder playing. "I didn't much care for my slice of Clutterby pie " is a very well thought out ending for that character. I have only just discovered good reads, have found it really good so far, have discovered some great books, not completely sure how it works yet though ! Regards Hilary

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