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The Wrong Hands (Hardcover)

by Nigel Richardson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; 2005 Edition edition (2 Jun 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192719769
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192719768
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 799,512 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An astonishingly readable, yet powerful and original story

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Hey, pay attention! His name is Graham Sinclair. This is his wisdom. Graham was born with disaster areas for hands. He was also born with a secret. The only time he's ever told someone his secret, it got him into big trouble. So he won't be telling anyone ever again. Then, suddenly, his life is changed for ever. The plane, the baby, the e-mail out of the blue - is he going to have to reveal his secret once again? It could be an amazing opportunity - or the biggest mistake of his life . . .
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, 1 Aug 2005
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A great story for teenagers where the reader urgently turns the pages. Set in a fictional context with street cred, it explores the role of authority, the media and many issues facing young people in the UK today.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating, compelling and original book for teenagers, 20 Jun 2007
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This is a really brilliant read - there's a strong story with a mystery that gradually unfolds, and a strong vein of satire. But the best thing about it is its tone, which is cool, contemporary, comic and touching all at once. Nigel Richardson creates really memorable characters, and this is a book that will stay with you long after you have read it.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 8 Mar 2008
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THE WRONG HANDS is a thought provoking novel written by Nigel Richardson. Mr. Richardson introduces the reader to fourteen-year-old Graham Sinclair. Like most people, Graham has a secret. His secret involves his hands.

Graham was born with large hands. It wasn't until he was seven that Graham realized how special his hands were. On a family vacation, as he accidentally starts to slide down the side of a cliff, he puts his hands out, and suddenly he's floating in the air. Graham can fly!!

His mother tells him to never tell anyone his secret, not even his father. When Graham was twelve, he made the mistake of telling a classmate. His secret was too much for her to handle, so she creates a lie that follows Graham ever after. His new nickname is now Perv, and the community thinks he's the stalker that's been reported in the woods.

Once summer vacation comes around, his parents send him to London to spend time with his Uncle George. On a fateful day, Graham witnesses a plane crash in the city. In the rubble of a hit building, he hears a crying baby. Without thinking about it, he flies up to the baby to rescue him. Little does he know that a lady has seen everything he has done. At that point, Graham's life gets even more complicated. Pursued by a persistent lady journalist, everything that Graham says and does gets twisted and distorted.

Mr. Richardson lets the reader glimpse Graham's thoughts and the tragic spiraling of misunderstanding that follows him wherever he goes. In London, Graham finally feels like he's normal, even with his deformed hands. But even in London, he can't escape what happens when society attacks those that are different from the norm. Mr. Richardson makes the reader decide which side of the fence they are on with Graham. THE WRONG HANDS is a reminder that what we see in the news isn't always the truth.

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2.0 out of 5 stars The wrong author
the opening concept is great but he rushes you from place to place hinting at 'the secret' while all along you've guessed it and are just waiting for the exciting bits to happen... Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2006 by Briony Wastell

1.0 out of 5 stars Failed attempt to be another Mark Haddon
Dire and disappointing book. A friend who has also read it summed it up nicely 'A poor idea competently executed'. Read more
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