Bedlam is a young adult novel by Ally Kennen

Ally Kennen

Ally Kennen is an award-winning British young adult and children's author.- Life :Ally Kennen grew up on a farm in Exmoor, England. Ally studied Archaeology and history at Birmingham University...

, published on January 5, 2009. It is nominated for the 2010 Carnegie Medal

Carnegie Medal

The Carnegie Medal is a literary award established in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and given annually to an outstanding book for children and young adults. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...

. Like Beast

Beast (novel)

Beast is a young adult novel by Ally Kennen, published in 2006. It won the 2007 Manchester Book Award, and was shortlisted for the 2006 Booktrust Teenage Prize, the 2007 Carnegie Medal and the 2007 Branford Boase Award...

 and Berserk

Berserk (novel)

Berserk is a young adult novel by Ally Kennen, published in 2007. It has been shortlisted for the 2008 Manchester Book Award and longlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Like Beast and Bedlam, there will be a new edition of the book in May which features a new cover.- Plot :Wouldn't it be cool to...

, there will be a new edition of the book in May which features a new cover.

Plot

When Lexi Juby arrives in the boring village where her mother lives, she thinks that she will die there from boredom. But soon more happens than she'd like. While searching for her mother's missing dog, the 16-year-old got lost in the wood. Suddenly a huge wild dog with foaming at the mouth was standing in front of her, the purest tremendously! And it bites her. Despair, Lexi runs away, and reaches a half-ruined, weird building. She breaks through the rotten floor and lands in a fetid broth. Beside of her, a rat cadaver was floating. The young exhausted girl won't be able to survive in the ice cold water very long...

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