About the book
When soldiers come for Melanie each morning, the girl Dr Caldwell calls our little genius is waiting in her cell: the Sergeant keeps his gun trained on her while two others strap her into a wheelchair for the trip to class. She loves school, from spelling and sums to the world outside, and tells her favorite teacher, Miss Justineau, what she will do when she grows up, without understanding why the teacher looks sad. M. R. Carey sets the story in a post-apocalyptic future. Published in 2014, the novel was developed from Carey's story Iphigenia in Aulis, and written at the same time as the screenplay for a film version.
Jacqui Pretty, who founded Grammar Factory, counted it among the novels she loved in the past year.
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Jacqui Pretty (Founder/Grammar Factory)
"When it comes to fiction, there are so many to choose from! Some books I've loved in the past year include The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey."
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