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The Deepest Breath

Autor Meg Grehan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 mai 2019
A novel in verse depicting the confusion and doubt but solace and courage found in books experienced by a young girl establishing a sense of her own sexuality. Meg Grehan is also the author of "The Space Between".
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781912417186
ISBN-10: 1912417189
Pagini: 180
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Little Island

Public țintă

10+

Descriere

Stevie is eleven she's been best friends with Andrew since forever. Stevie's mum teases her that someday they'll get married, but Stevie knows that won't ever happen. There's a girl at school that she likes more. Actually, she's a bit confused about how much she likes her. A beautiful and warm verse novel about the discovery of sexuality.

Recenzii

★ "A heartwarming and tear-provoking coming-of-age novel, brimming with empathy and a child’s imagination."—Booklist, STARRED review   ★ "Wholesome, powerful and essential."—Shelf Awareness, STARRED review   "[A] sweet and lovely sapphic novel-in-verse." —Buzzfeed   "Grehan offers an encouragingly smooth coming-out story....Filling a needed niche for younger queer and questioning kids, this is a gentle, hopeful read with a kid-friendly romance and a protagonist whom readers will want to befriend."—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books   "[Its] impact could make a difference to a child struggling with anxiety or coming out to a parent....An endearing LGBTQ+ novel perfect for middle graders."—Kirkus   "In spacious verse that mirrors a worried preteen’s breathlessness, Grehan (The Space Between) vibrantly captures the anxious inner landscape of 11-year-old Stevie, an Irish girl missing her estranged father and harboring a secret crush on her friend Chloe....Small in scope and big in heart and feeling, this novel is a tender portrait of gay early adolescence and a strong mother-daughter attachment."—Publishers Weekly