October, October
WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022
(Sprache: Englisch)
A feast for the senses and the soul, this life-affirming middle-grade novel from Katya Balen follows October as she fights to find her place in the world beyond the woods where she has always lived
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A feast for the senses and the soul, this life-affirming middle-grade novel from Katya Balen follows October as she fights to find her place in the world beyond the woods where she has always lived
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022 Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status - Times Children's Book of the WeekA classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD.October and her dad live in the woods. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars like best friends. They live in the woods and they are wild. And that's the way it is.Until the year October turns eleven. That's the year October rescues a baby owl. It's the year Dad falls out of the biggest tree in their woods. The year the woman who calls herself October's mother comes back. The year everything changes.Written in Katya Balen's heart-stoppingly beautiful style, this book is a feast for the senses. And, as October fights to find the space to be wild in the whirling chaos of the world beyond the woods, it is also a feast for the soul.
Autoren-Porträt von Katya Balen
Katya Balen studied English at university. She is now a writer and is co-director of Mainspring Arts. Her debut novel, The Space We're In, was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award 2020. Her second book, October, October, published to critical acclaim in the same year and is the winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022. Her third book, The Light in Everything, was published in 2022. When she's not writing books or planning projects, she likes to scroll through dog-rescue websites, bake and attempt to keep all her house plants alive. She lives in London with her partner and their dogs Raffi and Mouse.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Katya Balen
- Altersempfehlung: 5 - 11 Jahre
- 2020, 304 Seiten, Maße: 13,2 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1526620499
- ISBN-13: 9781526620491
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
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Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status Times Children's Book of the Week
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