To The Other Side by Erika Meza - ISBN: 9781444971774
Hardcover
Refugee siblings’ game becomes a desperate fight for a new home.

To The Other Side

A powerful, award-winning story of two refugees searching for safety

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  • Hardcover

    40 pages

  • Release Date

    14 March 2023

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Summary

Winner of Best Picture Book at the Diverse Book Award 2024

A powerful and timely story, exploring the journey of two young refugee children in search of safety. Perfect for opening up conversations about conflict and war, encouraging empathy and understanding.

A young boy and his older sister have left home to play a game. To win, she tells him, they must travel across endless lands together and make it to the finish line.

Children they meet along the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781444971774
ISBN-10:1444971778
Author:Erika Meza
Publisher:Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:Hodder Children's Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:40
Release Date:14 March 2023
Weight:420g
Dimensions:222mm x 284mm x 10mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

One of the best picture books I’ve read in recent memory. Astounding. – Steve Antony, creator of Mr Panda
A thoughtful, profound, important book * Irish Independent *
The perfect starting point to open up conversations about love and war * Belfast Telegraph *
This book is beautiful. Beautifully illustrated. Beautifully told. – Jarvis, creator of The Boy with Flowers in His Hair
I cannot recommend it enough - it is an incredible book – Mark Bradley, creator of Bumble and Snug
The palette, the characters, the compositions, the message and author’s note are simply impeccable – Steven Lenton
This perceptive and exquisitely illustrated picture book will leave its readers questioning the complex reality of child migration
A gorgeously rendered, heartbreaking look at one family’s. migration experience * Kirkus Reviews *
Powerful … a realistic but hopeful look at two children’s emigration * Publishers Weekly *
A powerful and moving story.

About The Author

Erika Meza

Erika was born in Mexico and developed a taste for eclairs in Paris before moving to the UK to teach drawing. She won a scholarship to study in L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, where she learned to combine bold colour and mark-making with poetry. When Erika isn’t drawing you’ll find her plotting ways to teach her cat to play the piano.

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