many deep-thinking, award-winning novels for teenagers, including Fleshmarket and Wasted. Stories don't come any more powerful than this. FURTHER READING supporting the talk by Nicola Morgan. This is an important book that lives up to the expectations of its evocative title and dramatic cover. Fleshmarket is well and truly a book that thrills, but behind the rip-roaring plot there is a painful truth that none of us should ever forget. In the startling introduction to her story, Morgan, an uncompromising writer who doesn't believe in holding back, takes you straight to the painful centre of what is to follow and leaves you gasping. Nicola Morgan is a fine writer.' - David Almond 20030217 Novel beginnings are seldom more dramatic or more grim than the first 10 pages of Nicola Morgan's Fleshmarket. The Sunday Telegraph 20031201 'A dramatic and thought-provoking book. a book that deserves attention - The Bookseller 20030801 A gripping and intelligent read. The Glasgow Herald 20031001 Outstanding. Lindsey Fraser This book grabs you and never lets you go. Fleshmarket is a tour de force, from its attention-grabbing prologue onwards. Morgan is a confident, courageous and honest writer. Lives were cheap, both within and out of the medical faculty.

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Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan