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WORK TITLE: Lifers
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PSEUDONYM(S): Griffin, Martin A.; Moss, Fletcher
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WEBSITE: http://www.martingriffinbooks.com/
CITY: Manchester, England
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COUNTRY: United Kingdom
NATIONALITY: British
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CAREER
Writer and teacher. Has served as an assistant head teacher and a classroom teacher in Manchester, England. Has also worked as a shelf stacker and a van driver.
MEMBER:Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition, winner, 2012, for The Poison Boy.
WRITINGS
SIDELIGHTS
M.A. Griffin writes fiction for children and teens. He also serves as an assistant head teacher at a school in Greater Manchester, England, and has formerly worked as a classroom instructor in the Manchester area.
The Poison Boy
Griffin penned his first novel, The Poison Boy, under the pseudonym Fletcher Moss. The book, which was short-listed for several awards and won the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition, is the story of Dalton Fly, the leader of a band of young food tasters, called poison boys, in the city of Highlion. A treacherous place where the rich and powerful fear the very real threat of poison, Highlion bears a strong resemblance to parts of seventeenth-century Europe. To protect themselves from this danger, the elite of the city employ poor children to sample all food brought to the table. They believe it better that a lowly child would sicken or die than a rich man would risk being murdered by a devious political rival.
The story begins as Dalton awakens after a period of unconsciousness caused by having ingested a nearly fatal dose of poison at a banquet. To his horror, he discovers that his friend Bennie, another food taster at the same banquet, has died from the same poison and is lying in a pool of blood at Dalton’s feet. The toxin has erased Dalton’s memory of the banquet, but he knows enough to realize he is in grave danger. And many other children in the city are in danger as well.
The elderly duke had fallen ill some time before, raising suspicions that a murderer is intent on eliminating him and his lineage. For protection, the heads of the various Houses of Highlion have sent their sons and daughters into hiding around the city, where they are watched after by trusted guardians. When the duke dies without having named an heir, the many branches of the family start to vie for power among themselves, even though they also fear become targets of the villain responsible for the duke’s death.
Dalton and his friend Sal, also a poison boy, escape the city in search of safety. Along the way, they rescue one of the children targeted by the murderer. Scarlet is a beautiful girl who fears nothing and has a mind of her own. Joining the poison boys, she helps them rescue several other characters as the group struggles against ever-escalating peril. Noting that the novel is not a conventional happily-ever-after story, Bookbag reviewer Linda Lawlor observed, “Dalton lives in a violent and dangerous world, and his profession is not one which promises a long life.” Lawlor commended Griffin for keeping the identity of the traitor hidden until the very end and hailed the novel as “a rich and exciting story” in which the action “moves at breakneck speed.” A sequel to The Poison Boy is planned.
Lifers
Preston, the protagonist of Griffin’s first young-adult novel, Lifers, is a high schooler in Manchester, England. The city has been on edge ever since a girl from a powerful family went missing, and now another girl, Alice, has also disappeared. Preston has a secret crush on her and worries that her habit of roaming the city’s rooftops at night with a band of other young people in defiance of the authorities may have gotten her into some kind of trouble. Desperate to find her, Preston reads Alice’s diary for clues and convinces a classmate to help him look for her.
Preston soon learns that he has good cause for worry: the missing girls may have been unwittingly caught up in a top-secret evil experiment. The friends discover that the government has started research on a teleportation machine, and it intends to use this device to send teen lawbreakers into exile in a prison in an alternate dimension. Seeking more information about the government’s plans, Preston himself is transported to a dark and terrifying place inhabited by rough criminals and without any apparent source of food or water. There he also finds the first group of transported teens, including Alice. It will take all their ingenuity and courage for Preston and the teens to find their way back to the real world before the experiment draws to a close and the portal is closed forever.
The novel received praise for its imaginative mix of genres as well as its exciting, suspenseful narrative, but a writer for Kirkus Reviews felt that its rushed plot and reliance on cliché make Lifers “an ambitious misfire.” Booklist contributor Lindsey Tomsu likewise found the book’s premise fascinating, even though Griffin does not fully explore the technological details involved in the teleportation experiment. Readers “looking for an action-packed, time-sensitive story of rescue . . . will gladly overlook such details,” suggested Tomsu. School Library Journal contributor Elizabeth Friend made a similar point, adding that though the novel contains “little in the way of character development” it offers plenty of “action and adventure.” Finding “undertones of Lord of the Flies” in Lifers and drawing comparisons between it and other popular dystopian works such as The Hunger Games and Maze Runner, Stephen King observed in School Librarian that Griffin develops the book’s themes well, delivers “gritty and authentic” dialogue, and deserves credit for “putting together a page turner which will maintain interest throughout.”
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Booklist, November 1, 2016, Lindsey Tomsu, review of Lifers, p. 57.
Kirkus Reviews, October 1, 2016, review of Lifers.
School Librarian, autumn, 2013, Elizabeth Baskeyfield, review of The Poison Boy, p. 176.
School Librarian, autumn, 2016, Stephen King, review of Lifers, p. 183.
School Library Journal, October, 2016, Elizabeth Friend, review of Lifers, p. 110.
Voice of Youth Advocates, December, 2016, Kevin Beach, review of Lifers, p. 72.
ONLINE
Bookbag, http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/ (July 24, 2017), Lina Lawlor, review of The Poison Boy.
Buried Under Books, https://cncbooksblog.wordpress.com/ (July 24, 2017), J.V. Poore, review of Lifers.
Chicken House Books Web Site, httpw://www.chickenhousebooks.com/ (July 24, 2017), Griffin profile.
Martin Griffin Home Page, http://www.martingriffinbooks.com (July 24, 2017).
Serendipity Reviews, http://www.serendipityreviews.co.uk/ (April 17, 2013), K.M. Lockwood, review of The Poison Boy.
About M.A. Griffin
M.A. Griffin won the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition with The Poison Boy in 2012, writing under the name Fletcher Moss. He works as an assistant head teacher at a school in Greater Manchester, having previously worked as a classroom teacher, shelf-stacker and van driver in France and Spain. Lifers is his first book for older readers.
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I'm a writer of children's fiction, represented by Ben Illis at the B.I.A., available for workshops and school visits when I'm not chained to a laptop cursing my lack of progress and/or poverty of imagination.
My debut novel, The Poison Boy, was written as Fletcher Moss. My second novel, Lifers, is my first for teen readers. It arrives April 2016.
Skip to 'contact' if you want to discuss school visits, workshops, classes or readings. Happy to oblige.
Griffin, M. A.: Lifers
Kevin Beach
Voice of Youth Advocates.
39.5 (Dec. 2016): p72.
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Griffin, M. A. Lifers. Chicken House/ Scholastic, 2017. 288p. $17.99. 978-1-33806553-4.
It all starts with high schooler Preston hearing a faint noise outside his urban apartment window. Fear presently haunts
the streets of Manchester, England, because a girl from a prominent family has disappeared. Now one of Preston's best
friends, a girl with whom he is a little enamored and who is also part of a secretive urban band that prowls rooftops at
night, is missing too. Preston and a schoolmate are drawn to investigate entries found in the missing girl's diary and are
soon caught between the police and a government secret located deep in the bowels of a scientific institute. There they
discover a sinister, experimental teleportation machine that is used to banish teenage criminals to an unknown location
fashioned as an experimental prison. Preston consequently finds himself transported to a scary, cavernous realm
populated by dangerous convicts and no apparent food or water supply. A ragtag team is formed to venture through a
treacherous passageway to seek freedom and set things right before it is too late.
Several thrills and chills, new friendships, and narrow escapes lead to a satisfying ending. The characters are
believable, and many social relationships are explored. The dialog has a British flavor but is not off putting. Though it
is a far-fetched science fiction conspiracy novel, it also serves as a coming-of-age tale, with Preston finding a new
sense of self-worth. Readers who like stories of resourceful kids outwitting conniving adults will thoroughly enjoy it.--
Kevin Beach.
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M.A. Griffin: LIFERS
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A British teen investigates a local disappearance.Prestons longtime friend Alice has gone missing, vanishing in the
middle of the night. When Preston goes searching the streets of Manchester for Alice he follows her trail to a
mysterious scientific research facility that houses a portal to an alternate dimension. This alternate dimension has been
fashioned into an experimental prison, with an unlucky group as the inaugural inmates, Alice included. Determined to
return to the real world, Preston and the inmates band together to fight the bizarre forces that hold them prisoner. The
book feels like Paper Towns and the Maze Runner series smashed together, with elements of Political Thriller 101
sprinkled throughout. The genre-bending premise is promising, but the characters and narrative never meet their own
potentials. Alice is a blank, and Prestons unnuanced drive to save her gets old. The trials and tribulations the gang
encounters on their journey through dimensions feel like different levels to a video game, with clunky action set pieces
and even chunkier exposition delivered between them. All of this leads to a climax thats rushed and blunt. An
ambitious misfire. (Science fiction. 12-16)
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Lifers
Lindsey Tomsu
Booklist.
113.5 (Nov. 1, 2016): p57.
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Lifers. By M. A. Griffin. Jan. 2017. 288p. Scholastic/Chicken House, $17.99 (9781338065534); e-book, $17.99
(9781338065541). Gr. 7-10.
Alice has gone missing, and Preston is determined to find her, with only her final cryptic text ("Going in") and a journal
full of mysterious maps for urban exploring to assist him. As he and his friend Mace investigate an organization called
M.I.S.T., which supposedly offers advanced solutions to criminal justice, the boys uncover a much larger and
dangerous plot. A corrupt politician has discovered the Kepler valve, which can transport criminals on a seemingly
one-way trip to an unknown--and inhospitable--place. Can Preston save Alice and hundreds of innocent condemned
teens? This British import has an interesting premise, but the technology and the prison itself are never folly explained,
so readers desiring some logic in their story might be disappointed. Those looking for an action-packed, time-sensitive
story of rescue, on the other hand, will gladly overlook such details. One of the story's strongest points is its ending,
which will satisfy readers who appreciate more true-to-life, gritty, and gloomy endings rather than unrealistic happilyever-after
plot resolutions. Perfect for fans of dystopian fiction.--Lindsey Tomsu
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Griffin, M.A.: Lifers
Elizabeth Friend
School Library Journal.
62.10 (Oct. 2016): p110.
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Gr 8 Up--Alice has disappeared, and after reading her cryptic final message, best friend Preston is determined to find
her. Clues from her notebook lead him to MIST (the Manchester Institute for Science and Technology), where he
witnesses a boy's death and realizes that Alice is also in danger from a government conspiracy spearheaded by
Christopher Armstrong, a member of Parliament elected on a law-and-order platform. But crime isn't exactly
disappearing in Manchester; it's being forced underground. Preston will have to go "beyond the valve" before he can
figure out how to rescue Alice, assuming, of course, that he'll be able to make it out alive himself. This urban scifi
novel is short on details of how the valve actually works, and readers are left to accept that some kind of teleportation
system has been built at great expense just to deport teen delinquents in a near-future, although not dystopian, England.
Action and adventure abound in this thriller, although there's little in the way of character development. Some strong
language makes this more suitable for older readers. VERDICT Purchase where James Dashner's "Maze Runner" series
or Alexander Gordon Smith's "Escape from Furnace" books are popular.--Elizabeth Friend, Wester Middle School, TX
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Griffin, M. A.: Lifers
Stephen King
School Librarian.
64.3 (Autumn 2016): p183.
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Lifers
Chicken House, 2016, pp352, 7.99 [pounds sterling]
978 1 91000 225 4
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Set partly in the grim backstreets of Manchester, this dystopian YA thriller will appeal to fans of the Hunger Games,
Maze Runner and The Fayz. A future 'New Conservative' government, led by a right-wing power hungry Home
Secretary, has devised a new system of 'dealing' with young offenders, by placing them in permanent underground
prisons. A disjointed group of teenagers discover the plans and break in, attempting to expose and shame. There is a
fair amount of sci-fi/fantasy here, but the book should certainly be categorised as 'Adventure', and promoted to readers
who crave action with just a hint of romance.
The plot is fast paced, and the dialogue gritty and authentic. The character list is extensive, and at times somewhat
confusing, but as themes develop, heroes and villains emerge to a finale at a party conference. There are undertones of
Lord of the Flies in the social interactions of the 'prisoners', and the oft-repeated observation that civilization is one
meal away from breaking down is well represented. This is Mark Griffin's first published novel (he has previously
written under the name Fletcher Moss), and he should be commended for putting together a page turner which will
maintain interest throughout.
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Moss, Fletcher: The Poison Boy
Elizabeth Baskeyfield
School Librarian.
61.3 (Autumn 2013): p176.
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The Poison Boy
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The Poison Boy is the winner of The Times Children's Fiction Competition of 2012, and I can definitely see why. The
story is set in a time of sword fighting, poisoning, feuding and fabulous masked balls. Moss' descriptive language
paints a vivid and rich picture from the decadence and wealth of the manner houses to the dank and 'dreck' filled sewers
below the city of Highlions.
Incorporating his own creative language, which is referenced at the end of the story, Moss draws the reader deep into a
tale of intrigue and deceit. The story follows the fortunes of poison boy, Dalton Fly, hired by those who fear for their
safety, to sample food for poison before it's eaten. Opening with the scene following the violent and bloody death of a
friend and fellow poison boy, Dalton is forced to flee for his own life. However, wanting to recover the body of his
'ghosted' friend, he is dragged into a complex and exciting web of intrigue, making friends and enemies along the way.
Dalton goes on to untangle the secret behind the 'sentaways' and succession to the dukedom of Highlions. The book is
easy to read with fantastic imagery that leaves the reader holding their breath in each chapter. This is a brilliant story
and I would highly recommend it for students aged 12 and upwards.
Baskeyfield, Elizabeth
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Book Reviews: Lifers by M.A. Griffin and When My Heart Was Wicked by Tricia Stirling
MARCH 3, 2017 BY LELIA T
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lifersLifers
M.A. Griffin
Chicken House, February 2017
ISBN 978-1-338-06553-4
Hardcover
Particularly pertinent in current political climate, this fresh Middle-Grade mystery-adventure is a phenomenally fantastic read for all ages. Mace may be a bit of a conspiracy theorist, but when weird news of missing teens and strange sights at night hits close to home, even practical Preston is pulled in. Also….he is pretty sure he is partly to blame for the most recent disappearances.
Attempting to trace Alice’s steps, Preston walks the night streets of Manchester and senses a spooky truth to the recent rumors. He enlists Mace to delve deeper and the two stumble onto a pseudo-futuristic-sci-fi scene. Children are trapped in a prison prototype with dwindling supplies and absolutely no way out. The only way in, is scheduled to be permanently shut down in less than twenty-four hours.
The juvenile delinquents are not completely alone. One young lady is the daughter of a recently deceased politician, her “crime”: doubting that her father’s death was an accident. She is not going down until the guilty party pays. Two Urban Explorers snuck into the prison to help facilitate an escape and two workers who never wanted their creations to be used in this manner will fight for freedom.
The story plays out in a matter of days; the pace is very quick and quite captivating. A bit of sharp wit, an unexpected kindness keeps the book from becoming bleak. Many questions are answered, but nothing is too pat; there’s plenty to think on…..in a sneaky kind of way.
Reviewed by jv poore, February 2017.
The Poison Boy by Fletcher Moss
The Poison Boy by Fletcher Moss
Category: Confident Readers
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviewer: Linda Lawlor
Reviewed by Linda Lawlor
Summary: Dalton Fly almost dies in the opening pages of this gripping story: not surprising, considering he is one of a band of food tasters in a city rent with mistrust and rivalry. And things don't get any easier as he and his friends try to rescue other victims from the devious and relentless killer.
Buy? Yes Borrow? Yes
Pages: 336 Date: April 2013
Publisher: Chicken House
External links: Author's website
ISBN: 9781908435446
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Life in the city of Highlions has suddenly become a lot more dangerous, even for a 'poison boy'. Dalton and Bennie were sent to a banquet to check the food, and when the book opens our hero has just recovered consciousness to find himself lying on the floor covered in Bennie's blood. His friend has been poisoned and died horribly, having literally vomited up his stomach (apologies if you're eating your tea, but this is not a book for sensitive souls), and the same poison has caused Dalton to lose his memory of the whole event. Unfortunately this is by no means the end of his troubles, as the murderer is determined to remove all witnesses.
The old Duke has just died, without leaving an heir, and the great Houses of Highlion are fighting among themselves for the position of ruler. Some time previously the Duke fell ill and all the children of those same Houses who were in line to inherit the title found themselves under threat. So now they are all hidden around the city in the charge of guardians, far from their families: a few in schools, others locked away in private houses. And someone who knows their whereabouts is determined to kill every one of them in order that his chosen candidate can take power.
Dalton and another poison boy, Sal, are forced to flee. On their journey they save the life of Scarlet, a beautiful young girl who is on the killer's list. And that's where one of the real strengths of this book becomes evident. Scarlet is an intriguing character, determined to the point of being headstrong, and as courageous as any boy. She is not the type to submit quietly to rescue: in fact, she does a fair amount of rescuing herself (the character of Princess Leia in the Star Wars films comes readily to mind). Many of the other characters, even minor ones, have equally well-rounded and fascinating personalities. There is the Eyesdown, who knows all the gossip in town. He makes his living stealing and selling letters, and has a particular grudge against Dalton. Luke, the daughter of noble parents, spends her time condemning wealth and privilege (when she's not climbing chimneys). And the evil Tench has a mind as ugly and deformed as his face.
This thrilling tale moves at breakneck speed, with danger never far away. And although one plot-line involving Dalton soon becomes clear, readers will be kept guessing about the traitor until almost the last page — though even then Dalton has further problems to face. Be warned: this is not a happy-ever-after story in the conventional sense, so it might be more suitable for readers at the upper end of the confident-reader range. Several people, some of them children, are badly hurt, and a few die. Dalton lives in a violent and dangerous world, and his profession is not one which promises a long life. It is a rich and exciting story from a prize-winning author, and readers will be delighted to hear that a sequel is on the cards.
Readers with a strong stomach and a taste for the violence and death which are an integral part of this book will also enjoy Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress by Sarwat Chadda. And another beautifully-structured and convincing world (though less gory) can be found in A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge.
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
The Poison Boy by Fletcher Moss
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That lucky Jack, spattered in Bennie’s blood, had somehow saved his life. From where he was hiding, Dalton could see the Jack’s face staring at him, smudged in red. He couldn’t leave it.
Published by Chicken House Books in April 2013
336 pages
Winner of the Times Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2012
Summary from www.hive.co.uk
Poison boy Dalton Fly, a lowly food taster to the rich, has a lucky escape after drinking laced wine. But his mate is less fortunate, and Dalton wants answers. Who murdered his friend and what were they were really after? With the help of aristocratic girl, Scarlet Dropmore, whose life he unwittingly saved, he sets out to rescue his city from the poisoners within.
Reviewed by K. M. Lockwood
With a beginning like that, and a bloodstained cover with a skull-handled dagger on it, you know what you’re getting. Fletched Moss delivers what he has promised and more in this exciting story for 10+ readers. There are more poisonings, some treachery, daring escapes and uncovered secrets – and a map.
You will enjoy this if you like a convincing adventure set in a city full of intrigue, some time before the Industrial Revolution. There are black-hearted villains and unexpected allies, some funny and some poignant moments and a band of friends that many readers will wish to know more about. The book ends convincingly, but there is room for further adventures (I can’t say any more without spoilers).
I particularly appreciated the use of language. It doesn’t get in the way of the action, but adds to the character of the story. It’s all bit like a Hogarth print – and all
the better for that. The inclusion of a glossary was a nice touch. Having made such an effort to provide clever alternatives, I was surprised that there were ordinary swearwords in the book. It’s a personal opinion, but I found them distracting. Hardly important, though.
I should point out that it’s quite violent – but I think that’s pretty much signalled before you even open the cover, to be fair. None of what happens is there just for the sake of it, however – it all makes sense in terms of the plot and the characters. There is also a delicate blush of romance but nothing that a ten-year-old would find too off-putting.
Recommended – like a modern-day Leon Garfield but with his own distinct voice.
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