Sutcliffe, William – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:27:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Sutcliffe, William – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The Summer We Turned Green https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-summer-we-turned-green/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=14552 A fresh, funny, heartfelt look at this generation’s must-win battle: one earth, one chance.It’s the summer holidays, and thirteen-year-old Luke’s life has been turned upside down. First his older sister Rose moved ‘across the road’, where a community of climate rebels is protesting the planned airport expansion. Then his dad followed her. Dad only went to get Rose back, but now he’s out there building totem poles, wearing sandals and drinking mead (whatever that is) with the best of them?Can Luke save his family when all they want to do is save the planet?________________________‘Hilarious, acutely observed and deeply felt, Sutcliffe’s new novel is part biting satire on nimbyism and adult complacency, part impassioned call: take action now, before it’s too late.’ GUARDIAN‘This is the perfect book to inspire action against the climate crisis and to lift your spirits.’ SCOTSMAN‘A heartfelt, well-observed, gripping family drama, as well as a call to arms.’ SUNDAY TIMES Children’s Book of the Week

]]> Gifted The Talented And Me https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/gifted-the-talented-and-me/ Thu, 02 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/gifted-the-talented-and-me/ SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

Laugh-out-loud funny and instantly recognisable – not since The Inbetweeners has a coming of age story been so irreverent and relatable.

Fifteen-year-old Sam is not a famous vlogger, he’s never gone viral, and he doesn’t want to be the Next Big Thing. In fact he’s ordinary and proud of it.

None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam’s off to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where everyone’s busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands. Sam knows he’ll never belong, even if he wanted to. And that’s before he ends up on stage wearing nothing but a fur onesie …

A brilliantly funny look at fitting in, falling out and staying true to your own averageness.

‘Dangerously funny … To the parent, every line rings true – this is a writer with real live teenagers and he is especially good on the ups and downs of sibling relations and young love. Sutcliffe is gifted and talented. I hope the prizes flood in. I’ll be giving this to every teenager I know’ – Alex O’Connell, The Times

‘The Gifted, the Talented and Me made me cry with laughter. A comic novel like this is a gift to the nation’ – Amanda Craig

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