Furious Thing
Jenny Downham

Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award and YA Book Prize

A Sunday Times Best Children's Book of the Year

'Powerful' Observer

'Piercingly well-observed' Financial Times

'A painfully enthralling, fiercely feminist accou

Lexi's angry. And it's getting worse. If only she could stop losing her temper, her step-father would accept her, her mym would love her again, and her step-brother would return her feelings. She wants these things so badly, she tries to push her fury down.

But it isn't easy. Her rage is there for a reason. And if she stays quiet - she might just lose herself...

Published by : David Fickling Books

Date: 04 February 2021

ISBN: 9781788451260

Format: Paperback

Pages: 384pp

Price : £7.99




Jenny Downham


After I stopped wanting to be a ballerina (aged around seven) I felt as if there were only two choices of career for me – an actor or a writer. I was always reading, but I also loved performing. I was in all the school plays, but my favourite subject was creative writing. I went to university to study both drama and English, then I went to drama school, became an actor, but never stopped writing.