Snake Ropes

Set on an isolated island off the Scottish coast, in a community run by women who are in awe of a mysterious structure called the Thrashing House, the novel is narrated by two teenage girls in very different circumstances. Mary is doing her best to protect her younger brother, Barney, as the island’s sons are mysteriously disappearing. Morgan is scheming to escape the prison her parents have made of their home. The two girls unite, each on a desperate mission in which secrets will be revealed and lives changed forever.

Richards, Jess

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollins, Publishers

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD ON AN ISLAND OFF THE EDGE OF THE MAP, BOYS ARE DISAPPEARING. The day the tall men come from the mainland to trade, Mary's little brother goes missing. She needs to find him. She needs to know a secret that no-one else can tell her. Jess Richards' stunning debut will show you crows who become statues and sisters who get tangled in each other's hair, keys that talk and ghosts who demand to be buried. She combines a page-turning narrative and a startlingly original voice with the creation and subversion of myths.

Literary

Sceptre

Cooking with Bones

Windsor

City of Circles

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

London Independent Story Prize: Winners and Finalists 2023 Anthology (London Independent Story Prize 2023 Anthology)

Gozturk, Ozge

Contemporary

London Independent Story Prize

Birds and Ghosts

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Linen Press

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