· In 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. Dinah's whole world is upside down, dead things and angry men and cuts all over her head that are beginning to sting. Becoming Dinah Synopsis. In 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. Dinah's whole world is upside down, dead things and angry men . The first young adult novel from award-winning author Kit De Waal, 'Becoming Dinah' tells the story of seventeen year old Dinah, who has grown up on a commune in the North East of England with her mother. Her father used to live with them there, but left, under something of a cloud/5(51).
In 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. Originally posted at my blog'Becoming Dinah' is the first in the Bellatrix collection of YA books recently launched by Hachette Children's Group which is focused on bringing attention to a diverse range of women's stories written by leading female bltadwin.ru de Waal reimagines the classic novel 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville via our present-day society with the male sailor Ishmael. Becoming Dinah, written by Kit de Waal and published by Orion, is shortlisted in the Books for Older Readers category. Join Kit and children from some of our.
Becoming Dinah By Kit de Waal £ Price In 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. Becoming Dinah. The Nerd Daily. A recasting of Moby Dick with a feminist twist, is Kit de Waal’s first YA novel, it will hopefully not be the last! Waterstones. Children's Books Ireland. Becoming Dinah boasts standout. characters, lashings of sass and a warm. and generous heart. A recasting of Moby Dick with a feminist twist, Becoming Dinah boasts standout characters, lashings of sass and a warm and generous heart. Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal In 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.
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