Wrath - (Everyone Can Be a Reader (Teen Contemporary)) by Marcus Sedgwick (Paperback)

About the Book

Cassie Cotton has always been unusual, a bit different--but this only makes her more intriguing to her school friend Fitz.

Cassie can hear a noise that no one else can, and she believes it's a sound that shows the Earth is in distress, damaged by human activity that is causing climate change.

When this belief leads to her being ridiculed and bullied at school, Cassie disappears. Fitz is determined to find her, but he has no idea where to start looking, or if he'll be in time to help her . . .

Book Synopsis

A super-readable and accessible contemporary story about friendship.

Cassie Cotton has always been unusual, a bit different--but this only makes her more intriguing to her school friend Fitz. Cassie can hear a noise that no one else can, and she believes it's a sound that shows the Earth is in distress, damaged by human activity that is causing climate change.

When this belief leads to her being ridiculed and bullied at school, Cassie disappears. Fitz is determined to find her, but he has no idea where to start looking, or if he'll be in time to help her ...

Union Square & Co.'s Everyone Can Be a Reader books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.

Review Quotes

"An accessible and compelling story about isolation, climate anxiety, anger--and hope." --Kirkus Reviews

"Tight writing and smart themes make this a solid addition." --School Library Journal

About the Author

Marcus Sedgwick was one of this generation's most lauded and highly regarded writers for children and young people, having published over forty books including acclaimed Midwinterblood and The Monsters We Deserve. He won multiple prestigious awards, most notably the Michael L. Printz Award, the Branford Boase Award, the BookTrust Teenage Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award, and was shortlisted for numerous others, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal five times. Marcus sadly passed away in November 2022 at the age of 54.