LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
A beautiful book for all ages, The Boy Who Lost His Spark explores how we deal with pain, loneliness and tough emotions when faced with new challenges.
O'Farrell, of Hamnet fame, joins again with Daniela Terrazzini's stunning illustrations to create a magical book.
Jem, struggling with his new life after moving house, notices things become stranger and stranger the unhappier he becomes. His sister Verity is certain it's the work of "a nouka" , an ancient creature from local folklore that lives deep down inside the hill. The nouka sets upon helping Jem to stop bottling up all that sadness and with mischief and misrule he helps Jem get back his spark. A glorious book, perfect as a gift.
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The Boy Who Lost His Spark Synopsis
The new children's book from multi-award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, paired once more with Daniela Terrazzini's stunning illustrations.
When Jem and his family move to the countryside, he doesn't like his new home one bit. It's an old cottage on the side of a hill, where strange things keep happening: shoes are filled up with conkers, the stairs become tangled in a woollen maze. Jem's sister Verity is certain it is the work of a nouka , an ancient creature from local folklore that lives deep down inside the hill.
Jem, however, is adamant that there is no such thing. But this small mythical creature, so attuned to the hearts and minds of others, does exist. And, what's more, it is determined, through mischief and mayhem, to help Jem reignite the spark within himself once more.
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9781406392012 |
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6th October 2022 |
| Author: |
Maggie O'Farrell |
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Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini |
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Walker Books Ltd |
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Hardback |
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109 pages |
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Press Reviews
Maggie O'Farrell Press Reviews
Featured in the October Previews -- Charlotte Eyre - The Bookseller
Listed in 'What to Read' for Country & Town House - Country & Town House
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About Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell is an award-winning Irish-British author. Her books for adults have received international acclaim; she has won the Betty Trask Award for her debut novel After You'd Gone, the Somerset Maugham Award in 2005 for The Distance Between Us, the 2013 Costa Novel Award for The Hand That First Held Mine, the 2020 Waterstones Book of the Year Award and the 2020 Women's Fiction Prize for Hamnet, and her non-fiction book I Am I Am I Am reached number 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list. Where Snow Angels Go was her first book for children, and it won the Indie Book of the Month.
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