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    Tape
    Tape
    Tape
    Audiobook5 hours

    Tape

    Written by Steven Camden

    Narrated by Steven Camden and Laura Dockrill

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    TAPE is an outstanding debut. Told with crackling prose, shimmering with humour and deeply moving, it will haunt anyone who reads it…

    Record a voice and it lasts forever…

    In 1993, Ryan records a diary on an old tape. He talks about his mother’s death, about his dreams, about his love for a new girl at school who doesn’t even know he exists.

    In 2013, Ameliah moves in with her grandmother after her parents die. There, she finds a tape in the spare room. A tape with a boy’s voice on it – a voice she can’t quite hear, but which seems to be speaking to her.

    Ryan and Ameliah are connected by more than just a tape.

    This is their story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJan 30, 2014
    ISBN9780007511228
    Author

    Steven Camden

    Steven Camden is a leading spoken-word poet, performing as Polarbear. He also writes radio plays, teaches storytelling in schools and was a lead artist for the Ministry of Stories. His books include Everything All at Once. He is also the author of My Big Mouth.

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