Born Scared, Kevin Brooks
Born Scared, Kevin Brooks
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Born Scared

Author: Kevin Brooks

Narrator: Matthew Frow

Unabridged: 4 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/11/2018

Synopsis

Elliot has lived his first thirteen years confined to his home, incapacitated by fear. Now he’s out of pills, snow is falling, and his only safe person is missing. A terrifying thriller from Carnegie Medalist Kevin Brooks.From the moment of his birth, Elliot’s life has been governed by fear of almost everything, even of his own fear — a beast that holds him prisoner in his room. The beast is kept at bay, though not eliminated, with a daily regimen of pills. But on Christmas Eve, a mix-up at the pharmacy threatens to unleash the beast full force, and his mother must venture out in a raging snowstorm to a store that should be only minutes away. Hours later, when she still hasn’t returned, Elliot sees no choice but to push through his terror, leave the house, and hunt for her. What happens if the last of his medication wears off and the beast starts scratching at the doors of his mind? Everyone has a breaking point — will Elliot come to his? With plot twists and turns that keep readers on the edge of their seats, multi-award-winning author Kevin Brooks offers a high-suspense exploration of fear and what it means to truly be afraid.

About Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks is a critically acclaimed young adult novelist who has worked at many jobs, including as a crematorium assistant, a refreshments vendor at the London Zoo, and a civil servant. His first book, Martyn Pig, was short-listed for the Carnegie Medal and won a Branford Boase Award for best debut novel. It was also named a Publishers Weekly “Flying Start” selection and a YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults selection. His most recent novel, The Bunker Diary, won the Carnegie Medal. Kevin Brooks lives in Essex, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane on September 09, 2018

Well, huh. I don't really know how to rate Born Scared. It wasn't at all what I expected, but I did mostly enjoy it. We follow Elliot, a 13-year-old boy so afraid of *everything* that he has become a shut-in, spending nearly all of his time in a sound-proofed room completely devoid of anything he dee......more

Goodreads review by Astrid on January 24, 2018

Kevin Brooks is geboren op 30 maart 1959 in Pinhoe. Op 11- jarige leeftijd won hij een beurs voor de Exeter School, waar hij zich vervreemd voelde van de andere leerlingen en waar hij troost vond in de wereld van fictie. Brooks debuutroman Martyn Pig werd in 2003 gepubliceerd door Chicken House. Ze......more

Goodreads review by Dannii on December 02, 2016

Awareness of mental health is still shockingly sub-par. Which is why books like this should be a necessary part of everyone's literary programme, whether you can personally relate or not. A broken leg is an easily visible ailment and a mental illness is not. With little understanding it is hard to g......more

Goodreads review by Julie on September 26, 2018

Elliott is afraid of everything. In fact, he doesn't remember ever not being afraid. His mother, his aunt and his doctor are the only people that don't remind him of monsters. But there are even some things he has to keep secret from them....like the fact he sees and talks to his twin sister, Ellama......more

Goodreads review by Sofii♡ (A Book. A Thought.) on September 24, 2018

I want to thank Candlewick Press and NetGalley for providing me with this copy in exchange for an honest review This is a kind of strange book being honest, but I think it was an interesting and new experience for me. It's a pretty short story with a fixed central plot and I liked that, I liked that......more

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