$19.08
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2018
Summary
A charming middle-grade novel about friendship and the power of imagination, told in alternating chapters by Rebecca Stead, the Newbery Medal winning author of When You Reach Me, and Wendy Mass, New York Times bestselling author of The Candymakers.
Livy can’t remember her first visit to her grandmother’s house all the way across the world in Australia, though she does seem to recall a ‘wrong chicken’ and something unusual about a black chess piece.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925603590 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925603598 |
| Author: | Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead, Nicholas Gannon |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Rebecca Stead owns my heart, I swear. Her books just make me happy down to my toes.’
‘Irresistible tale of magic, mystery, and friendship that poses timeless questions about identity and belonging.’ * Publishers Weekly *
‘Stead, whose When You Reach Me (2009) won the Newbery Medal, and Mass, author of the beloved Willow Falls series, combine their considerable talents to create an unusual fantasy with simplicity, immediacy, and wit.’ * Booklist *
‘Rebecca Stead owns my heart, I swear. Her books just make me happy down to my toes.’ * Alpha Reader on Goodbye Stranger *
A wonderful story, beautifully and realistically imagined but with a deft touch full of empathy and humour.’ * Readings on Goodbye Stranger *
‘It is the true gift of the storyteller to take such age-old themes and issues and shine a light on them in such a way that it appears brand new.’ * Magpies on Liar & Spy *
‘Realistic and compassionate…This is a layered, textured read, and adds to Rebecca Stead’s growing list of consistently high quality novels. Highly recommended.’ * Reading Time *
‘You can’t help falling in love with Bob just a little.’ * Good Reading *
‘A delightful story of friendship with a touch of magic.’ * Readings Best Middle Fiction Books of 2018 *
‘A magical story…a story of remembering and forgetting across vast distances and generations.’ * Best Kids’ Books of 2018, NZ Listener *
Wendy Mass
Wendy Mass is the author of eleven novels for young people, including A Mango-Shaped Space, Leap Day, the Twice Upon a Time fairy tale series, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, and Finally. Her books have been translated into 13 languages and nominated for 46 USA state book awards. A Mango-Shaped Space was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award by the American Library Association.
Rebecca Stead is the author of When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, First Light, Goodbye Stranger, Bob, The List of Things that Will Not Change, and The Lost Library. Her books have been awarded the Newbery Medal, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction, and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Rebecca lives in New York.
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