The Deepest Breath Synopsis
An accessible and beautifully written middle grade novel-in-verse by award-winning Irish author Meg Grehan about Stevie, a young girl reckoning with anxiety about the many things she has yet to understand-including her feelings about her friend Chloe. Perfect for fans of Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, Star Crossed, and George.
11-year-old Stevie is an avid reader and she knows a lot of things about a lot of things. But these are the things she'd like to know the most:
1. The ocean and all the things that live there and why it's so scary
2. The stars and all the constellations
3. How phones work
4. What happened to Princess Anastasia
5. Knots
Knowing things makes Stevie feel safe, powerful, and in control should anything bad happen. And with the help of her mom, she is finding the tools to manage her anxiety.
But there's one something Stevie doesn't know, one thing she wants to understand above everything else, and one thing she isn't quite ready to share with her mom: the fizzy feeling she gets in her chest when she looks at her friend, Chloe. What does it mean and why isn't she ready to talk about it?
In this poetic exploration of identity and anxiety, Stevie must confront her fears to find inner freedom all while discovering it is our connections with others that make us stronger.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780358354758 |
| Publication date: |
16th February 2021 |
| Author: |
Meg Grehan |
| Publisher: |
Clarion Books an imprint of HMH Books |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
186 pages |
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Meg Grehan Press Reviews
'I spent most of this beautifully written verse novel blinking back tears. Grehan has created one of those rare gems, a book that feels so utterly real and involving that the reader lives every page with the main character. Written with such heart and tenderness, after closing the last page, I felt genuinely distraught to have finished it. Amazing to think it's only Grehan's second book. -- Sarah Webb' - The Irish Independent
'Powerful in its simplicity ... A fierce reminder of the need for books that show readers of all kinds of love, as well as being this kind of book itself.' -- Claire Hennessy - The Irish Times
'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
'Incredibly artful, incredibly tender. -- Deirdre Sullivan, author of Tangleweed and Brine and Perfectly Preventable Deaths Gorgeously written, emotionally complex and endlessly kind.' -- Moira Fowley-Doyle, author of Spellbook of the Lost and Found and All the Bad Apples
'It made me cry and feel the biggest love for the human race. Meg's writing is so beautiful and flows like water. -- Lauren James, author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe Saying this book was beautiful doesn't actually do it justice. Pardon the pun, but it was simply breathtaking.' - Serendipity Reviews
'Exceptionally unique and progressive ... breaks new ground in children's literature. The skill and the kindness with which Grehan addresses challenging issues in this book is astounding. This is an incredibly gentle and tender novel, yet the passion that lights it from within is ferocious.' -- Rachael Kilduff - University Times
About Meg Grehan
Meg Grehan is a 26-year-old writer from Louth who now lives in Donegal, and in 2018 won the Eilis Dillon award from Children's Books Ireland for her first novel, The Space Between. She writes almost full-time, but also works as a stage manager and theatre technician in productions around Ireland. She has written for online newspapers and journals such as The Arcade, but this is her first book.
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