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Surrender

by Sonya Hartnett

SURRENDER is a mesmerizing psychological thriller from extraordinary novelist Sonya Hartnett.

I am dying: it's a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of a cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it.

As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years, which have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small, unforgiving... (read more)

Top tags: young adult,  printz award winners,  psychological thriller,  australian author,  brothers (all tags)

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CMeyrink
  • Rated 5 stars

“I love this book. I have to read it again to have a clearer understanding of the ending. Sonya Hartnett has an incredibly beautiful writing style. From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up–When Anwell was seven, he caused the death of his developmentally disabled older brother. Several years later, he meets a boy his age, a wild child named Finnigan, and the two forge an unorthodox yet formidable bond. As this psychological thriller gracefully unfolds, Anwell–who now calls himself Gabriel, in...”

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Patti W
  • Rated 1 stars

“I liked the way this was written, but I didn't get it at all, neither did my teen book club.”

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  • Rated 3.407408 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4 stars
  

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  • Lee Tulloch

    lee tulloch said:

    “She's not very well known, but Sonya Hartnett is one of Australia's most brilliant writers. This dark, poetic novel might not be for everyone (her earlier About A Boy is more accessible) but I think it's outstanding.”

    posted Tuesday, November 6 2007
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