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Darren Simpson

    Darren Simpson crea ficción vívida y rebelde para niños, utilizando a menudo escenarios de otro mundo y personajes poco convencionales. Explora temas de valentía y autodescubrimiento, profundizando en las peculiaridades que conforman nuestras vidas reales con una voz narrativa única. Su enfoque es poco convencional, ofreciendo a los lectores una perspectiva distintiva sobre las experiencias infantiles y el viaje de crecimiento.

    Scavengers
    Furthermoor
    • Furthermoor

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      A Monster Calls meets Coraline, in this spellbinding story about the power of the imagination. The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured at home. Ever since his sister Evie died in an accident, Bren's only safe space is Furthermoor, an imagined world of mechanised trees and clockwork animals, where Evie is still alive. In Furthermoor, no one can hurt Bren...until the mysterious Featherly arrives. Now Bren is forced to confront his deepest fears and decide if his place in the real world is worth fighting for. Enter a world as vast and dark as your imagination, in this unforgettable coming-of-age story about courage, friendship and finding your voice.

      Furthermoor2022
      3,9
    • Scavengers

      • 288 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Landfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflers, swimming with turtles and feasting on fresh gull. Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition - follow his rules. NEVER COME LOOKING OUTSIDE. NEVER RISE ABOVE THEWALL. But despite the dangers, Landfill longs to see Outside. And some rules are made to be broken.

      Scavengers2019
      3,8