The Broken Bridge [Paperback]

When 16-year-old Ginny discovers that her father has a secret son she realises that everything that previously made her feel so safe and secure is a lie. As she tries to restore her faith in her father and herself, she comes face to face with unforgettable truths and long-forgotten tragedies that will change her life dramatically and forever.

The Broken Bridge is a stunning novel by Philip Pullman, the award-winning author of Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife. The teenager-in- turmoil, so familiar and often so very strange, is treated with a respect and sensitivity that moves the story up a notch, allowing the sizzling and compelling drama that unfolds between the pages to paint a potent picture of a girl on her own voyage of discovery. Pullman has triumphed again, proving that clever and sympathetic writing can easily be coupled with dramatic storytelling at its very best. --Susan Harrison

A revised edition of a teenage mystery. Sixteen-year-old Ginny never knew her mother, but she loves life with her father in a seaside village in Wales. Then a social worker's files are reopened, and Ginny finds that everything her father has told her about her family is a lie.

Sixteen-year-old Ginny’s life is secure. Her mother is dead, but she’s inherited her outstanding artistic talent, and she loves her life with her father in a seaside village in Wales. But the day a social worker arrives and old files are re-opened, Ginny’s world cracks apart. Everything her father has told her about her family is a lie. And Ginny must uncover the hidden secrets of the past on a journey that will ultimately lead her to the mother she’s never known . . . --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Philip Pullman is one of the most famous children's writers in the world today. He is the acclaimed author of novels, short stories and plays for readers of all ages. He has received many accolades and awards for his books for children. The first volume of the His Dark Materials Trilogy, NORTHERN LIGHTS, won the 1996 Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the British Book Award. The final part of the Trilogy THE AMBER SPYGLASS won both the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the main Whitbread Book of the Year awards in 2001. THE FIREWORK-MAKER'S DAUGHTER won the 1996 Smarties Gold Award. CLOCKWORK was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 1997, and for the Carnegie Medal. He lives in Oxford. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.