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Title	:	Surrender
Author	:	Sonya Hartnett
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 248 pages
Published	:	May 22nd 2007 by Candlewick Press (first published January 1st 2005)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Realistic Fiction

Surrender

Sonya Hartnett

Paperback | Pages: 248 pages

Rating: 3.65 | 2030 Users | 282 Reviews

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"Sophisticated young readers will be awed by the delicate, measured, heartbreaking portrait that emerges." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years, which have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small, unforgiving town and distant, punitive parents ensure that he is never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as a child. He has only two friends - his dog, Surrender, and the unruly wild boy, Finnigan, a shadowy doppelganger with whom the meek Gabriel once made a boyhood pact. But when a series of arson attacks grips the town, Gabriel realizes how unpredictable and dangerous Finnigan is. As events begin to spiral violently out of control, it becomes devastatingly clear that only the most extreme measures will rid Gabriel of Finnigan for good.

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Original Title:	Surrender
ISBN:	0763634239 (ISBN13: 9780763634230)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763634239&pix=n
Literary Awards:	Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2007), Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2005)

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Ratings: 3.65 From 2030 Users | 282 Reviews

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Another Australian writer who totally blew me away. Is there something in the water in the Lucky Country? What is this sorcery? Surrender is my favourite kind of book. Dark, sad, mysterious, creepy, menacing and written in a beautiful, poetic way. Absolutely loved it.

It's not very often that I get to the end of a book and am left unsure as to what just happened. That being said, I'm not sure it was a bad thing. Just a new one.This is the story of Gabriel, now 20 and dying, as he looks back over his life and childhood, which was far from easy. His parents were always looked down upon in the town, even before his father made himself an enemy of the constable.Gabriel, who's real name is Anwell, had a lonely childhood. Though he had a brother, Vernon was ill,

Well, damn. This menacing tale surprised me again and again. A quarter way through and I wanted to hurl it against a wall for the gluttonous poetics, rampant and unchecked, almost saccharin. I felt like I was being pelted with confetti. It was impossible to find a rhythm. Then we have characters thinking adult thoughts and acting and speaking like children. believability? But then I just grew accustomed, caught hold of the narrative, sunk into the characters.... Though heavy handed the raw

Told mostly in flashbacks, this Printz honor book, while at first bogged down by overly-descriptive passages, regains its narrative speed once the present (in which protagonist Gabriel/Anwell lies dying in a hospital of some kind) gives way to the past (in which the real plot regarding a mischievous boy named Finnigan, a beautiful girl named Evangeline, and a feral dog named Surrender unfolds). What is likely to captivate the reader is Gabriels struggle, in the past, to live with certain

In a muggy and tired Australian country town, a delicate boy by the name of Anwell lives with his oppressive parents. At age 20, Anwell is wasting away on his deathbed, the victim of an unidentifiable disease. In the meantime, his childhood friend, the wild child arsonist Finnigan, roams with his dog, Surrender, who used to be Anwells. Told in flashbacks, Anwell remembers his moments with Finnigan, his psychotic control-freak parents, his crush Evangeline, Surrender, and the time he and Finnigan

This book is so, so creepy. Don't say I didn't warn you.Gabriel, the narrator, is dying from an unnamed illness. He's only twenty, but he spends his days wasting away in bed. He's never been able to forget the terrible thing he did when he was seven years oldFinnigan won't let him forget.Finnigan is Gabriel's only friend. He lives wild, like an animal, and Gabriel never knows when he'll show up. But they're bound together no matter what. They made a pact when they were kids, and Finnigan at

An intriguing psychological thriller. Sonya Hartnett's words weave a dangerous tale of a dying man recounting his struggle as a young boy, and what occurred between him and his playmate. But is it all real? Does it all actually exist? It seems so to Anwell, our story's protagonist. It all begins when the unruly Finnigan arrives at Anwell's house and the two make a pact: Anwell will be Gabriel, a perfect angel. And Finnigan will be the devil, carrying out cruel punishments against the people who