Giant av Nicola Skinner

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¿Readers will be laughing and crying all at once. This book is an astonishing, unique feat of the imagination¿i NewsFrom critically acclaimed author Nicola Skinner, her most brilliant book yet ¿ a darkly comic story about staying true to yourself and the people you love, even if it means tearing everything down . . .There¿s absolutely nothing wrong with Minnie¿s island. Nothing, that is, apart from the earthquakes, which pull buildings and schools and houses down on a regular basis.Luckily, the island¿s inhabitants have found a way to fix their crumbling walls: giants. Giants look after human children, like eleven-year-old Minnie. When Minnie turns twelve, she¿ll kiss her giant, turning her into a stone statue forever. The stone will be used to repair buildings. And there¿s nothing wrong with that either . . . or so Minnie thinks.But when a dreadful earthquake strikes, Minnie realises she¿s not quite ready to say goodbye to her giant ¿ not forever ¿ not yet. So Minnie goes on the run,