{"product_id":"9781510105706","title":"Becoming Dinah (by Kit de Waal)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A gripping, heart-wrenching coming-of-age story' - GuardianIn her first YA novel, Costa-shortlisted Kit de Waal responds to classic Moby Dick by tearing the power away from obsessive Captain Ahab and giving it to a teenage girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDinah's whole world is upside down, dead things and angry men and cuts all over her head that are beginning to sting....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Dinah needs to leave her home, the weird commune where she grew up. She needs a whole new identity, starting with how she looks, starting with shaving off her hair, her 'crowning glory'. She has to do it quickly, because she has to go now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDinah was going to go alone and hitch a ride down south. Except, she ends up being persuaded to illegally drive a VW campervan for hundreds of miles, accompanied by a grumpy man with one leg. This wasn't the plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut while she's driving, Dinah will be forced to confront everything that led her here, everything that will finally show her which direction to turn...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her first YA novel, Costa-shortlisted author Kit de Waal  responds to the classic Moby Dick with entirely new characters, a VW  campervan, and by tearing the power away from obsessive Captain Ahab and  giving it to a teenage girl who's determined to find a new life, far  away from her unconventional upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An emotionally charged book' - Daily Mail'Fresh and defiantly original ... what a beautiful book' - Sarah Moore Fitzgerald'An emotional coming of age tale of escape, mission, and ultimately, self-knowledge' - The Big Issue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Children's Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49385401155811,"sku":"9781510105706","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781510105706.jpg?v=1783614378","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.pro\/products\/9781510105706","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}