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|title=The One Safe Place
|sort=One Safe Place, The
|author=Tania Unsworth
|reviewer=Zoe PageMorris
|genre=Teens
|rating=5
|publisher=Orion Children's Books
|date=January 2014
|summary=An excellent debut novel featuring a scary alternative reality in which no child is safe. Spooky stuff, and really readable.
|cover=1780622384
|aznuk=1780622384
|aznus=1444010220
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Devin lives on a farm with his grandfather, away from the rest of the world. He knows a little about it – how the gap between rich and poor is far wider than the world we live in, and how many children now live on the street, scavenging for scraps to say alive. But, he’s never been that concerned. On the farm the life is a simple one, but they can grow enough food to get by, and they’re happy. When tragedy strikes, Devin is forced to leave his home and venture into the city for the first time.
I highly recommend this debut novel, and look forward to whatever the author does next. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up.
Thanks go to the publishers for supplying this book. We also have reviews of Unsworth's [[The Girl Who Thought Her Mother Was a Mermaid by Tania Unsworth|The Girl Who Thought Her Mother Was a Mermaid]] and [[The Time Traveller and the Tiger by Tania Unsworth|The Time Traveller and the Tiger]].
The style and themes reminded me of another favourite, author [[Category:Gemma Malley]] and were also reminiscent of [[The Fall by Claire Merle]]. Check them out!
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