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Genesis - New Edition ISBN: 9781877460180 New Edition Release: 05-2008 Subject: General Fiction Format: Paperback RRP: NZ$22.99 Download Resource Kit for teachers |
It’s the year 2075. The island Republic has emerged from a ruined world. Its citizens are safe but not free. They live in complete isolation from the outside world. Approaching planes are gunned down, refugees shot on sight. Until one man, Adam Forde, rescues a girl from the sea.
Anaximander, a young Academy student, is put through a gruelling exam. Her special subject: the life of Adam Forde, her long-dead hero. What secrets has she discovered and what is her own surprising link to Adam?
Genesis is a thriller that asks the big questions: What is it to be human? What makes a soul?
‘…a terrifying thriller which is also a profound novel of
ideas. It is by any measure one of the most original young
adult novels we have ever read, and it has huge potential
to cross over into an adult readership.’
Michael Heyward, Publisher at Text Publishing
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Reviewers Comments ...
‘Bernard Beckett’s GENESIS is 35,000 words of genius.’ - Nicholas Cheetham, Editorial Director of UK publisher, Quercus, 2008 ‘Socrates for the 21st Century’ - French Publisher Gallimand, 2008 Wall Street Journal Article 1Wall Street Journal Article 2 |
Longlisted for The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2009
Nominated for the IBBY Honour List 2008 Read More
Longlisted for the 2008 Inky Awards (Australia's Teenage Choice Book Awards)
Winner of the NZ Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults – Young Adult Fiction Category 2007
CLFNZ Notable Books List 2007
Winner of the LIANZA Children's Book Awards - The Esther Glen Award 2007
Download - UK Booksellers Cover featuring Genesis 
Genesis has been sold to UK publisher Quercus for £100,000 (NZ$250,000), the largest advance ever put forward for a young adult novel in New Zealand. The novel, also published in Australia, was launched in the UK in May 2009, and is to be published - at this date - in over 20 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Catalan, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, UK, & USA.
This is the cover for the Italian edition:
