
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."
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..."
Alex O'Connell, The Times