{"product_id":"9781835873175","title":"The Ministry of Manners : An unmissable new novel from the award-winning author of My Brother Is a Superhero","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Solomons, David \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReading age: from c 8 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by Bonnier Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 20 | 188g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA BOLD NEW MIDDLE-GRADE ADVENTURE FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR DAVID SOLOMONS EXPLORING WHAT'S LOST IN KEEPING QUIET AND WHAT'S FOUND IN FIGHTING BACK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe quiet. Be polite. Or be silenced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfie and Margot Hawthorne have grown up under the Ministry of Manners, where politeness isn't a choice - it's the law. And one wrong word can change your life. He knows how to stay out of trouble, but she has never been one for quiet obedience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Ministry takes Margot, everything changes. Inside the Manners Retreat, she fights to stay herself in a place built to erase her. Meanwhile, Alfie falls in with the Unsilenced - those who still dare to speak. But the Ministry has plans of its own. And if they succeed, rebellion won't just be punished. It'll be impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Guisborough Bookshop Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52967198589264,"sku":"9781835873175","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/4988\/2448\/files\/9781835873175.jpg?v=1777731049","url":"https:\/\/guisboroughbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781835873175","provider":"guisboroughbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}