Author: Popplewell, Jess
Interest age: from c 14 years
Published on 1 August 2024 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 384 pages
199 x 131 x 23 | 260g
The Dark Within Us brings an inventive, funny
and quirky reimagining of a modern version of hell.
Jenny's felt broken for a long time.
Luc has his own issues - you would too if your family ruled Hell.
When they meet at a party, sparks fly. She sees a handsome devil.
He sees a lost soul.
Both sense trouble.
But it will take a journey to the very depths of the underworld
to bring a girl and a demon together . . .
The stunning debut novel from the Times/Chicken
House Children's Competition 2022 Chairman's Choice
Prize winner, Jess Popplewell.
Draws on the author's own experience of homelessness,
making this a powerful authentic story.
Dante's Inferno meets Euphoria
in this fresh contemporary YA.
PRAISE FOR THE DARK WITHIN US:
˜a thrilling, occasionally frightening, romantasy
¦ a talent to watch.' THE BOOKSELLER
˜the perfect mix of danger, desperation, adventure,
heartbreak and remake.' AMIE JORDAN, AUTHOR OF ALL
THE HIDDEN MONSTERS