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  • Published: 1 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409013402
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

Now I Know & The Toll Bridge



The third and fourth books in the critically acclaimed Dance Sequence by Carnegie Medal-winning author, Aidan Chambers

In Now I Know the body of a young man, crucified on a metal cross, is found dangling from a crane in a scrapyard and subsequently vanishes. Tom, an ambitious young police officer, think he's had a lucky break when he's put in charge of this bizzare murder investigation. Nik is doing research for a film about a contemporary life of Jesus. Their independent investigations ultimately bring them together in an unexpected climax.

A thought-provoking book about faith, spiritual experiences and teenage love and relationships.

In The Toll Bridge, everyone seems to know best when it comes to Jan's future - but he's still working out for himself who he really is. He feels so hemmed in by the pressures of family and friends, he decides to leave home and live alone in the house on the toll bridge. While there, he meets Tess and Adam and their close bond of friendship develops into something which has devastating effects for them all.

  • Published: 1 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409013402
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

About the author

Aidan Chambers

Aidan Chambers was born in County Durham in 1934. After national service in the Royal Navy he became a teacher and then, for seven years, a monk. His young adult novels have been widely acclaimed, with POSTCARDS FROM NO-MAN'S LAND winning the prestigious Carnegie Medal and the US Michael L Printz Award. With his wife Nancy he ran Signal magazine and he has served as the president of the School Library Association. His devoted services to children's literature were recognised by his receipt of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002.

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Praise for Now I Know & The Toll Bridge

I commend it to all adventurous readers as a journey, with many surprises, into themselves

Margaret Meek on "Now I Know", The School Librarian

It is impossible to do justice to this brilliant, complex novel . . . Surely one of the most original and rewarding teenage novels of the year

Linda Newbury on "The Toll Bridge", Books for Keeps
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