The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

Name: The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson
Brand: HarperCollins New Zealand
SKU: 9781776574285
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By Kristina Sigunsdotter

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Winner of the prestigious Swedish August Prize 2020. A bright, contemporary and fearless novel about an ordinary extraordinary eleven-year-old trying to win back her best friend and get her mother to stop sighing. Cricket Karlsson is going to become an artist just like her aunt, who... Read More

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The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

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The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

A bright, contemporary and fearless novel about an ordinary extraordinary eleven-year-old trying to win back her best friend and get her mother to stop sighing.

“There is humour and frankness in the tough yet charming voice of Cricket, perfectly aligned with the punkish and surprising illustrations.” Julia Marshall, Publisher

Description

Winner of the prestigious Swedish August Prize 2020.

A bright, contemporary and fearless novel about an ordinary extraordinary eleven-year-old trying to win back her best friend and get her mother to stop sighing.

Cricket Karlsson is going to become an artist just like her aunt, who loves cheese and art and always speaks her mind. Not like Cricket's mother, who is dieting and sighs at everything. But now Aunt Frannie has lost her joy and Cricket's best friend has dumped her for the horse girls.

Eleven-year-old Cricket Karlsson is a warm and complex character with an artistic soul. Written as a diary, tween readers will fall in love with Cricket’s tough yet charming voice as she shares her secret thoughts about her best friend break-up, her Aunt’s breakdown and experimental chewing gum sculptures. Punkish and surprising comic-style illustrations perfectly compliment this coming of age story.

This is a liberating and unexpected story about growing up, fitting in, and sorting out the adults in our lives that will reach the hearts of young readers (and older ones).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781776574285

Publisher: Gecko Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2022

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Gecko Press

Illustration: Black and white illustrations on most pages

Contributors:

Translated by Julia Marshall
Illustrated by Ester Eriksson

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 144.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 112

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kristina Sigunsdotter New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Young Adult

About the Author

Kristina Sigunsdotter is a Swedish writer, artist and playwright with a degree in ethnology, English and journalism, currently living in Malmö, Sweden. Her play Systrarna Stormhatt och det stora fågeläventyret has been played at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and Stockholm City Theatre. She is the founder of The Poetry Factory, a poetry workshop for children.

Ester Eriksson is an artist and cartoonist. Her earlier published works include the graphic novels Jag, Esters rester and Det finns ingenstans att fly.