CARNEGIE NOMINEE 2017 2018
Times Book of the Week
Winner of North Herts Book Prize
Shortlisted: Wirral Paperback of the Year, The Calderdale Children’s Book of the Year, Harrow Junior Book. Highgate Wood Prize. Longlisted: The Oxfordshire Book of the Year, St Helens Book Prize
"There's great poignancy and hope in Sheehan's beautiful writing. I loved it."
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Fiona Noble, The Bookseller
"An intriguing subject for a children's novel and one handled with invention in Nikki Sheehan's debut novel... revealing and touching."
Martin Chilton, The Telegraph
"This is a remarkably engaging, original and moving debut novel, posing important questions about imagination, isolation and grief, yet the author handles her material with such a witty, light touch... I loved it."
Sally Morris, The Daily Mail
Book of the Week
"It's testament to Sheehan's tight writing, plotting and beautifully light touch that it's impossible not to read on..."
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Alex O'Connell, The Times