More Than This

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More Than This is a young adult science fiction novel by Patrick Ness that blends psychological mystery with speculative dystopian elements as it follows a boy who wakes after drowning into a seemingly deserted world.

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instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
young adult novel
author Patrick Ness
authorNationality British-American
awarded Carnegie Medal
surface form: Carnegie Medal longlist
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
followedBy The Rest of Us Just Live Here
genre dystopian fiction
psychological fiction
science fiction
young adult fiction
hasCoverArtist Walker Books design team
hasElement psychological mystery
speculative dystopian elements
isbn10 0763662585
isbn13 9780763662585
language English
mainCharacter Seth Wearing
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective third-person limited
pageCount 480
partOf Patrick Ness bibliography
plotSummary A boy named Seth wakes after drowning to find himself in a seemingly deserted world and must uncover the truth about where he is and what is real.
precededBy A Monster Calls
publicationDate 2013
publisher Candlewick Press
Walker Books
setting abandoned English town
near-future dystopian world
targetAudience young adults
theme death and afterlife
family relationships
guilt
hope
identity
memory
reality and perception

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Patrick Ness notableWork More Than This
Patrick Ness authorOf More Than This
Roxy Music notableSong More Than This