by Aidan Chambers · Bodley Head · tapa dura · ISBN 9780370332369
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«Dying to Know You» is Aidan Chambers's young adult novel, published by Bodley Head in hardcover (224 pages, in English).
Karl, a seventeen-year-old, is in love with Firella, who asks him to prove his love through questions. Karl is dyslexic and fears she will despise him if she finds out, so he turns to a local writer to draft his answers. An unexpected friendship develops between them, and an act of violence forces them to rethink their lives.
In 2013 the novel was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, an award Aidan Chambers won for Postcards from No Man's Land.
A suitable read for young people aged 12 and up and for adults who enjoy realistic novels about emotions and relationships.
Aidan Chambers was a British author of children's and young-adult novels. He won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Printz Award for Postcards from No Man's Land (1999). For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002.
