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
Quite simply one of the most beautiful books I've ever read
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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
In October, October the greenwood meets the city. Wise and bright - I loved it.
Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks' War
The most wonderful, original treasure of a story
Emma Carroll
It's EXQUISITE. Read it. Wild yourself. Open your heart to it. Written with the pen of a poet and the soul of Mother Earth. Glorious. It's like nothing else I've ever read.
