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.

Liz Hyder, award-winning author of Bearmouth