Six Days
Philip Webb
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UK Price: £6.99
Format: Paperback
Age: 10+
Size: 198x129mm
Extent: 384pp
ISBN: 978-1-906427-62-7
Publication date: July 2011
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For Cass, the life of a 'scav' is all she’s ever known ...

... scavenging what’s left of London in search of a precious relic no one, not even her new Russian masters, has ever seen.

But when two survivors from another time show up, claiming they hold the key to the whereabouts of the missing ‘artefact’, scavving will never be the same again. They have six days to find it before their world will come to an end.

A gripping, post-apocalyptic adventure about a desperate race to find a relic of extraordinary power, set in the ruins of London.

'Terrifically good fun ... his plot crackles along [and] comes to a joyous conclusion.'
Amanda Craig, The Times
' ... Six Days is Philip Webb's debut novel and he was obviously born to write for children ... '
The Telegraph
'Philip Webb's debut novel deserves high praise.'
Books For Keeps
Longlisted for the Branford Boase award 2012
'Six Days is an artful blend of dystopian nightmare, shiny sci-fi adventure and mystical fantasy.'
SFX Magazine

So I figure it’s just another day ripping down London for us scavs, but I’m dead wrong cos this is the shift everything goes

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"I wrote SIX DAYS because I loved playing on rubbish dumps as a kid and I became fascinated about the idea of London as one giant landfill of junk. The scenes I enjoyed writing the most are the ones set in famous London landmarks like Big Ben and the British Museum - the action feels very real when it happens in places you know and love."

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