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The Space We're In
from the winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022
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This moving middle-grade novel is ideal for readers who appreciate thoughtful and emotional stories about family, friendship, and resilience, including fans of Wonder and Skellig.
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We are her world and her universe and her space and her stars and her sky and her galaxy and her cosmos too.
Frank is ten. He likes cottage pie and football and cracking codes. Max is five. He eats only Quavers and some colours are too bright for him, and if he has to wear a new T-shirt, he melts down down down.
Sometimes Frank wishes Mum could still do huge paintings of stars and asteroids like she used to, but since Max was born she just doesnโt have time.
When tragedy hits Frank and Maxโs lives like a comet, can Frank piece together a universe in which he and Max arenโt light years apart?
This jaw-dropping, heartbreaking and hopeful novel from debut author Katya Balen will remind you we are all made of stardust. For fans of thought-provoking, moving middle grade from Wonder to Skellig.
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ISBN: 9781526610942
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 September 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Laura Carlin
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 287g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Katya Balen read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behaviour. She has worked in a variety of special-needs schools and is the co-founder of Mainspring Arts โ a not-for-profit organisation that provides creative opportunities for neurodivergent adults.
Laura Carlin is an illustrator and ceramicist based in London. She has won numerous awards for her childrenโs books, including a BolognaRagazzi Award and a V&A Book Illustration Award. Her favourite things to draw are dogs and sad people.
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