Almost Nothing Happened

Meg Rosoff's new YA novel, "The Brink of Falling," is a chaotic and irresistible adventure set in Paris during a summer exchange. 17-year-old Callum, facing an unfortunate truth, impulsively decides to stay in Paris and embarks on an adventure involving a motorbike, a curfew, a stolen oboe, a priceless Matisse painting, a police chase, and a climate protest.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Paris, August. A long summer of nothing. 48 hours of everything. From the inimitable Meg Rosoff comes a chaotic and irresistible new YA novel. 17-year-old Callum is facing an unfortunate truth: his summer exchange in rural France was a failure. No epic adventure, no summer fling, and his French is still rubbish. Just as he should be boarding the Eurostar home, without even a hint of a plan, Callum impulsively decides to stay (and doesn't bother telling his parents). He only knows one person in Paris: his long-lost cousin, Harrison, an oboist. As night falls on the hottest weekend of the year, an adventure begins – involving a motorbike, a curfew, a stolen oboe, a priceless Matisse painting, at least one police chase, a climate protest, and the enigmatic, alluring, irresistible Lilou … A completely delicious, funny, fast-paced summer read from the multi-award-winning author of How I Live Now, The Great Godden, and Friends Like These.

Weight: 304g
Dimension: 206 x 138 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526646187