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Highlights
- A medical breakthrough solves the problem of endless old age: if a person has had enough of life, their 'Switch' flips and they instantly die.15-year-old Margaretta lives in fear of her Switch.
- 272 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Dystopian
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Book Synopsis
A medical breakthrough solves the problem of endless old age: if a person has had enough of life, their 'Switch' flips and they instantly die.
15-year-old Margaretta lives in fear of her Switch. Since her mum died four years ago, she has lived alone with her violent father and survived only by shutting out all feelings. Margaretta's emotional armour starts to crack when she meets Sky, a charismatic vagabond, and runs away with him.
Sky introduces Margaretta to the exhilarating atmosphere of the Blue Cat nightclub. But as the attraction between them intensifies, they find themselves drawn into a murky world of political corruption controlled by the club's shady clientele. With dishonesty eating away at the heart of power, countless lives are on the line.
Emotions can kill, but Margaretta has just begun to feel alive.
About the Author
Laura Baggaley is a writer, teacher and theatre director. She teaches and directs plays at City Lit adult education college in central London, leading workshops and courses on a wide range of subjects for the Drama and Literature Departments. Laura studied English at Oxford University as an undergraduate before studying for a Masters in Text and Performance Studies at King's College, London and RADA. She was a regular fiction reviewer at The Observer newspaper for three years, and has also reviewed theatre books for the Times Literary Supplement. Her debut novel, Enough, was longlisted pre-publication for The Times Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition and was then one of three finalists in the Mslexia Children's Novel Competition. Laura lives in London.