For Young people
*From debut novelist Poppy T. Perry comes a thrilling illustrated Young Adult coming-of-age adventure with a difference; a zombie apocalypse. Follow Nora’s internal crisis set against the backdrop of devastation; there’s chaos inside and out. It’s about to get real. *
Nora Inkwell is totally, completely, absolutely going to tell her best friend and fellow horror movie superfan, Ruby, that she’s in love with her. It doesn’t matter that Baxter from Body Combat wrote on the college wall that Nora’s frigid. Or that Ruby is more interested in losing her lesbian v-plates before they start university. And it certainly doesn’t matter that Nora’s old school friends said that all bisexuals are attention-seeking wannabes! . . . It might matter that the entire town has turned into flesh-eating zombies. Guess there’s no time like the (deadly, dangerous, zombieswamped) present to confess your undying love.
If you fancy winning one of five sets of 10 copies of Dead Real for your YA Book Club, please email uclanpublishing@uclan.ac.uk with the subject header ‘Reading Agency – Dead Real’ and include the following:
- Name of your reading group
- Age of group members
- Name of local library authority or school (if applicable)
- Name of your main group contact (your name)
- Email address of main group contact (this is so that we can contact you on whether your pitch is successful or not)
- Full address of library or school (best address to send the books if your group is successful)
- Tell us more about your group (how often you meet, the type of books you like to read etc.)
- Please tell us why your group would like to take part in this offer.
- If your group is selected, how will you promote excitement about this book with your group?
- Is your group happy to read, discuss and review the book?
- Will you be able to share some images with your group (these can be without faces), of your display or your reviews on social media?
The deadline is 20 June.
The books will be delivered to you by the beginning of July and you will have six weeks after you receive the book to send back individual reviews. We anonymise your applications and share with the
publisher to help select the clubs.
Please only apply if you will be able to send the club’s feedback six weeks after receiving books. If you do not send in feedback in return for the free books you will not be able to apply for other opportunities.
We also welcome photos and screengrabs of any social media posts.
