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Do you use your manners, are you polite and considerate? I would certainly hope so but it’s easy to forget isn’t it? Perhaps we need a regime to keep us all in line but then that would be too much like the world Alfie and Margot live in and it’s not one I would want…

 

Under the Ministry of Manners oppressive rule Alfie and Margot have grown up knowing that politeness is the law not a choice. Something as small as one wrong word can change lives. Fortunately for Alfie he is very aware of how to keep himself safe and stay out of trouble. Unfortunately for Margot that has never been the case and she is, before too long, taken by the Ministry, to the Manners Retreat. Without his sister, and with hopes of rescuing her, Alfie joins the Unsilenced, those who dare to speak. Will their plans for rebellion succeed and will they all be free to speak freely again?

 

A thrilling story, exploring themes that are found in George Orwell’s classic Nineteen Eighty-Four in a manner (pun intended) that children will be able to relate to. Discover that staying silent can mean losing something important but fighting back has the power to transform.

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Written by David Solomons, published by Piccadilly Press