The Silver Chain

Name: The Silver Chain
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781471411526
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a beautiful verse novel celebrating the healing power of music

By Jion Sheibani

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In The Silver Chain by Jion Sheibani, readers follow the story of Afsaneh as she navigates the challenging landscape of teenage life layered with cultural expectations and personal aspirations. Afsaneh loves painting and finds joy in expressing herself through art, but struggles with the weight of her family's traditions. This young adult novel delicately explores identity, self-discovery, and the balance between heritage and personal desires.
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The Silver Chain

Uplifting and unputdownable, an illustrated coming-of-age verse novel about family, mental health and the healing power of music.

Uplifting and unputdownable, an illustrated coming-of-age verse novel about family, mental health and the healing power of music.

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'Utterly moving, totally powerful. Honest, pure and true! An arrow to the heart. A warm hug. A light of hope in the dark. I could not put it down.' Laura Dockrill

The Silver Chain by Jion Sheibani follows Azadeh, a budding violinist on a music scholarship at an expensive private school. She is dealing with all the usual trials of being sixteen: trying her best to fit in, keep up, and have fun. However, as her mum's mental health spirals out of control, Azadeh's world starts to unravel. Her friendships fall away, and despite her and her dad's efforts to keep everything in check, their problems insist on taking over.

Feeling alone, it's her violin that eventually helps Azadeh to find her way back to her friends, herself, and even her mum.

This is a beautifully packaged, highly important, and irresistible novel about mental health struggles and the solace we find in music and rhythm, friendship, family, and honesty. Illustrated throughout.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781471411526

Publisher: Hot Key Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hot Key Books

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 352

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Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Jion Sheibani Young Adult

About the Author

Jion Sheibani is half-English, half-Iranian and grew up in Brighton. She now lives in Paris with her family. She is a self-taught illustrator and studied English literature at Oxford University. One of her very first jobs was as an intern to Green Party MP Caroline Lucas in the European Parliament. Jion was a teacher at Sciences Po and ENSAE in Paris before opening her own language school for children. Jion loves poetry and playing the violin.

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