Anna

Description

It is some years since a virus killed all the adults. Now Sicily lies in ruins while the disease lies in wait, poised to claim the children as they reach adolescence. Brave, stubborn thirteen-year-old Anna looks after her brother Astor in the cottage where their mother's skeleton rests, lovingly decorated, in a locked bedroom. She tells him fearsome stories about monsters, hoping to keep him safe at home while she forages among the real hazards. Wild dogs. Gangs of savage, blue-painted kids. But then Astor starts to question Anna's version of the world, just as the blue kids are turning their attention to the cottage-and suddenly, everything will change.

Promotion info

* Widespread review coverage in major newspapers in Australia and New Zealand * Review and feature coverage in influential literary and general publications * Widespread online review coverage * Select radio interviews in Australia and New Zealand * Bound proof and early reading copies to be available to the trade * Cinema advertising in key art-house cinemas in capital cities * Display advertising on literary and current affair websites such as Fairfax and Book Riot * Major social media campaign including targeted Facebook, Instagram and Goodreads giveaways and advertising * Widespread promotion of an online chapter sample via social media and featured on Text and bookseller websites * Advertisements in literary and current affairs publications such as ABR, Monthly, Big Issue, and on their associated websites * Promotions and giveaways at national education conferences and inclusion in Text's education enewsletter * Advertisements in YA and education publications such as Magpies * Significant budget for advertising in bookseller newsletters and catalogues * An ideal book club title, notes available at textpublishing.com.au

Reviews

'A fearsomely gifted writer.' Independent 'Ammaniti's writing is sharp, lean and pacy.' Herald Sun 'Ammaniti excels...in capturing the thought processes and fears and desires of children... once you start reading him, you can't put him down.' Sunday Telegraph (UK)