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The Space We''re In: from the winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022

English

By (author): Katya Balen

Illustrated by: Laura Carlin

_______________ 'A brave and beautiful book with a big heart. I loved it' - Jenny Downham 'A tear-jerker about family that shows us things that are important and true, and promotes compassion' - Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week _______________ FROM THE WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022 We are her world and her universe and her space and her stars and her sky and her galaxy and her cosmos too. Frank is ten. He likes cottage pie and football and cracking codes. Max is five. He eats only Quavers and some colours are too bright for him and if he has to wear a new T-shirt he melts down down down. Sometimes Frank wishes Mum could still do huge paintings of stars and asteroids like she used to, but since Max was born she just doesnt have time. When tragedy hits Frank and Maxs lives like a comet, can Frank piece together a universe in which he and Max arent light years apart? This jaw-dropping, heartbreaking and hopeful novel from Katya Balen will remind you we are all made of stardust. For fans of thought-provoking, moving middle grade from Wonder to Skellig. _______________ 'Sensitive, heartbreaking ... a wonderful narrative voice' - Guardian 'A moving, absorbing novel about a pair of brothers - one is autistic, one is not, and I came to love both of them' - Joanne Limburg, author of The Autistic Alice 'Invigorating, enlightening and exciting' - James Sinclair, Autistic & Unapologetic _______________ See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 290g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Sep 2020
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 9-11
  • ISBN13: 9781526601971

About Katya Balen

Katya Balen is an award-winning author of books for children. Katya's debut novel The Space Were In was published in 2019 and was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award. Her second October October won the Yoto Carnegie Medal. Her third novel The Light in Everything was published in 2022. When shes not writing books Katya likes to scroll through dog-rescue websites bake and attempt to keep all her house plants alive. She lives in London with her partner and their dogs Raffi and Mouse. Laura Carlin is an illustrator and ceramicist based in London. She has won numerous awards for her childrens books including a BolognaRagazzi Award and a V&A Book Illustration Award. Her favourite things to draw are dogs and sad people.

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