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Brielle and Bear: Once Upon a Time

By Salomey Doku
Series: Brielle and Bear
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SHORTLISTED FOR INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2025 ‘Doku’s fairytale-inspired story is a warm hug of a book. Unashamedly feel-good, with gorgeous artwork and a romantic love story that readers can lose themselves in’ Bookseller Highlights of Autumn 2024 A wonderfully romantic love story perfect for teen readers... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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SHORTLISTED FOR INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2025

‘Doku’s fairytale-inspired story is a warm hug of a book. Unashamedly feel-good, with gorgeous artwork and a romantic love story that readers can lose themselves in’ Bookseller Highlights of Autumn 2024

A wonderfully romantic love story perfect for teen readers – the first in a full-colour graphic novel series.

Fairytale Rule No.1: All the best fairytales start with ‘Once upon a time . . .’

First-year student Brielle, a daydreamy book lover, knows everything there is to know about fairytales. Returning to the city of Rosebridge four years after moving away, she attends Once Upon a Time University, with the intention of living her fairytale dream. And when she meets Bear, shy vice-captain of the Princes rugby team, at the bookshop where she works, Brielle’s dream is off to a good start.

Determined to forget the past, and with an unexpected new relationship blossoming, Brielle feels she’s finally living the dream. That is, until she discovers that she’s not the only one hiding something . . .

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    Brielle and Bear: Project Fairytale
    A wonderfully romantic love story in a stunning, full-colour graphic novel format. Fairytale Rule No. 2: Ordinary people fall into adventures all the time – especially when they least expect it. Brielle is living out her fairytale dream at Once Upon a Time University, but it’s exam season and with all the late-night studying and extra classes, she still hasn’t...
    By Salomey Doku
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  • Brielle and Bear: Once Upon a Time
    SHORTLISTED FOR INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2025 ‘Doku’s fairytale-inspired story is a warm hug of a book. Unashamedly feel-good, with gorgeous artwork and a romantic love story that readers can lose themselves in’ Bookseller Highlights of Autumn 2024 A wonderfully romantic love story perfect for teen readers – the first in a full-colour graphic novel series. Fairytale Rule No.1: All the...
    By Salomey Doku
    Paperback
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008617561

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Harper Fire

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 176

Collections

Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Graphic Novels Salomey Doku Series: Brielle and Bear Young Adult

About the Author

Salomey Doku is a self-taught author-illustrator from Leeds. Originally trained in architecture, she started watercolour painting in 2018 and quickly fell in love with the art of storytelling. When she is not drawing, she is either daydreaming, going on long walks, at church, or talking to her pet hedgehog Strawberry. Brielle & Bear is her first graphic novel. @salomeydraws @sa.dokuillo salomeydraws.com

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