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The Space We're In

The Space We're In

From the Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022

by Katya Balen and Laura Carlin
Paperback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 05/01/2021

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_______________'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 2022We 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 doesn't have time.When tragedy hits Frank and Max's lives like a comet, can Frank piece together a universe in which he and Max aren't 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_______________
ISBN:
9781526601971
9781526601971
Category:
Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-01-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
196x128x23mm
Weight:
0.29kg
Katya Balen

Katya Balen read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behaviour.

She has worked in a variety of special needs schools as a teaching assistant, and more recently co-founded Mainspring Arts - a not-for-profit that provides mentoring and creative opportunities for neurodivergent adults.

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