''Turbulence'' is a

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, published in 2005. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards
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Plot summary

''Turbulence'' relates the story of Clay, a sixteen-year-old girl on the verge of taking her

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s. She has a brother, called Jamze, who grunts rather than talks, a little sister who always has to be the centre of attention, a dad who she watches

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with, a gran who likes horror films, and a mum who invites The Stranger To Dinner. The stranger's name is Sandor, and he is suave, sophisticated, and ingratiating. One by one, Clay's family and friends find themselves sucked into his life and its many dramas, and it is this situation that makes for much of the turbulence that the title refers to.

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2005 British novels British children's novels 2005 children's books Hodder & Stoughton books {{2000s-child-novel-stub