Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. He is now regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children”s literature, having won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children”s Fiction Prize for his acclaimed novel Junk.
27 Ebooks by Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess: Bloodsong
‘Love. Hate. So what? It’s family. It’s business.’
Fifteen-year-old Sigurd, son of King Sigmund, is the last surviving member of the Volson clan. His father’s kingdom – the former city of London – …
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€9.99
Melvin Burgess: Junk
It was a love story. Me, Gemma and junk. I thought it was going to last forever. Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn’t want to be tied down. She wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, finall …
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€10.99
Mary Hooper & Anne Fine: War Girls
As featured on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. 1914: war has broken out across Europe and beyond. Nothing will ever be the same again for those caught up in the conflict. This collection of short stories …
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€10.99
Melvin Burgess: Doing It
Dino’s girlfriend won’t give him what he wants. Jonathon is afraid of what his mates will think of the girl he likes. And Ben is having extra lessons from his sexy teacher. Three seventeen-year-old …
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€12.99
Melvin Burgess: Lady
If you gotta be a dog, be a bitch.
Sandra Francy is seventeen and under pressure – pressure to be good and work hard at school. But she’s fed up with all that. She’s been having fun, running wild – …
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€8.99
Melvin Burgess: Sara’s Face
Sara is not your typical teenage girl. She wants more than just an ordinary life. She wants fame and beauty. She wants to be extraordinary. After she is injured in a mysterious accident, Sara meets J …
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€8.99
Melvin Burgess: The Lost Witch
Bea has started to hear and see things that no one else can – creatures, voices, visions. Then strangers visit Bea and tell her she is different: she has the rare powers of a witch. They warn her she …
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€19.99
Melvin Burgess: Bloodtide
‘Love. Hate. So what? This is family. This is business.’
London is in ruins. The once-glorious city is now a gated wasteland cut off from the rest of the country and in the hands of two warring fam …
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€7.99
Melvin Burgess: The Baby and Fly Pie
‘We’re the rubbish kids, losers and orphans. Everyday we go out on to the Tip to sort rubbish for Mother Shelly.’
For Sham, Fly Pie and his sister Jane, this is the grim reality of their lives. The …
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€6.49
Melvin Burgess: The Cry of the Wolf
It was a mistake for Ben to tell the Hunter that there were still wolves in Surrey. For the Hunter was a fanatic, always on the lookout for unusual prey. Driven by an ambition to wipe out the last …
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€8.99
Melvin Burgess: Burning Issy
‘Are you frightened of dying, Issy?’ Issy doesn’t know where she came from or who she is. Night after night, she has the same nightmare: she burns in a fire and at the heart of the flames is a face s …
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Melvin Burgess: An Angel For May
Tam is unhappy at home and often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm. But then one day he is transported back to the Second World War. Alone and afraid, he makes friends with May, who has been …
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Melvin Burgess: Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot ist der jüngste Sohn einer Bergarbeiterfamilie. Vater Jackie schlägt sich durch, so gut er kann, während er mit anderen Kumpels gegen die drohende Schließung der Minen streikt. Logisch, …
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Melvin Burgess: Sara’s Face
Fame, beauty, and face transplants Sara wants to be famous, and when legendary rock star Jonathon Heat offers to take her under his wing and pay for her cosmetic surgery, it’s like a dream come true. …
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€12.90
Melvin Burgess: Bloodsong
PART II Fifteen-year-old Sigurd, son of King Sigmund, is the last surviving member of the Volson clan. His father’s kingdom — the former city of London — is gone. And his father’s knife, a gift …
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€11.73
Melvin Burgess: Bloodtide
PART I London is in ruins, a once highly advanced city now a gated wasteland. Within its walls, a bloody war rages between two clans. Hope is sparse, but the people believe the gods have risen from …
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€11.73
Melvin Burgess & Anne Fine: Losing It
A travesty. A violation. An ecstasy. A disappointment. An instant. A lie. A theft. A rite of passage. Whatever you call it, there”s only one first time.
A.S. King, Melvin Burgess, Keith Gray, Pa …
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€22.74
Melvin Burgess & Anne Fine: Losing It
A travesty. A violation. An ecstasy. A disappointment. An instant. A lie. A theft. A rite of passage. Whatever you call it, there’s only one first time. A.S. King, Melvin Burgess, Keith Gray, Patrick …
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€12.50
Melvin Burgess: Hit
A new drug is out. Everyone is talking about it. The Hit. Take it, and you have one amazing week to live. It’s the ultimate high. At the ultimate price. Adam is tempted. Life is rubbish; his …
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€9.91
Melvin Burgess: Hunger
When Beth wakes up one morning covered in dirt, she puts it down to an extreme case of sleep-walking. But when reports of a desecrated grave start to circulate, her night-time wanderings take on a …
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€8.99
Jack London: Call of the Wild
Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child To Buck it was boundless delight, this hunting, fishing, and indefinite wandering through strange places. Pampered dog …
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€7.99
Melvin Burgess: Loki
THE FIRST ADULT NOVEL BY THE CARNEGIE PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF JUNK’A spirited retelling… witty and insightful.’ i PAPER’His prose is electrical, crackling with a mischievous charge.’ BUZZ …
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€4.49
Melvin Burgess: Three Bullets
The Bloods are in control and they’re desperate to turn Britain into the world they want to see: right, white, Christian supremist. Anyone who they call abnormal is a target. Amidst the chaos of civi …
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€12.99
Melvin Burgess: Count
Brandon is a boaster – he says he is brilliant at lots of things. Then he is challenged to count up to ten million. So Brandon starts: one, two, three . . . and before long he is up to one thousand. …
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€7.27
Melvin Burgess: Me encrenquei de novo!
Billie é uma adolescente que não tem pai nem mãe, mas é boa de briga e enfrenta o mundo na base da porrada; Rob é um garoto boa-praça, fã de heavy metal, atormentado pelo padrasto em casa e pelo …
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€7.49
Melvin Burgess: Hit
"This fantasy about a drug that gives users a perfect week, then sudden death, is compelling fiction-and nearly a masterpiece." -The Guardian A new drug is on the street. Everyone’s buzzing …
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€19.99
