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The Light in Everything
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2023
The Light in Everything
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2023
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Description
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'Original, compulsive, uplifting: this is another triumph for Balen' - Alex O'Connell, The Times Children's Book of the Week
'Balen's best book yet: ambitious, funny, spirited, moving, heartfelt and bold all at once. She's a force to be reckoned with' - Ross Montgomery
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From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022, comes a life-affirming story about blended families and learning to find room in your heart for new life and new love.
Tom is still quiet and timid, even though his dad has been gone for nearly two years now.
Zofia is the opposite. Inside her there's a raging storm that makes her want to fight the whole world until she gets what she wants.
And what she wants is for scaredy-cat Tom to get out of her life. Tom hates loud, unpredictable Zofia just as much, but he's moving into Zofia's house. Because his mum and Zofia's dad are in love … and they're having a baby.
Tom and Zofia both wish the stupid baby had never happened. But then Tom's mum gets ill, and it begins to look horribly like their wish might come true …
A story of learning to trust, trying to let go and diving into the unknown with hope in your heart, with a stunning cover illustrated by CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner Sydney Smith.
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Product details
Published | 14 Apr 2022 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 272 |
ISBN | 9781526623010 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Children's Books |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status
Times Children's Book of the Week
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Quite simply one of the most beautiful books I've ever read
Kiran Millwood Hargrave on OCTOBER, OCTOBER
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October, October is fierce with a wild love. It draws you in to its heart, shakes you with a fury, wraps you in a spell of storytelling. In lyrical prose, Katya Balen gives us a modern day heroine filled with courage. I loved every page.
Jackie Morris
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Wise and bright - I loved it.
Hilary McKay on OCTOBER, OCTOBER
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One of the most beautiful children's books I've ever read
Natasha Farrant on October, October
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I've also just been introduced to the first two stunning children's books by Katya Balen, both published by Bloomsbury: The Space We're In and October, October. If you have a middle-grader, or know one, or are one ... treat yourself
Daniel Hahn, Books of the Year, The Spectator