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October, October

October and her dad live in the woods. They sleep in the house Dad built for them and eat the food they grow in the vegetable patches. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars like best friends. They read the books they buy in town again and again until the pages are soft and yellow – until next year’s town visit. They live in the woods and they are wild. And that’s the way it is. Until the year October turns eleven. That’s the year October rescues a baby owl. It’s the year Dad falls out of the biggest tree in their woods. The year the woman who calls herself October’s mother comes back. The year everything changes.

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SKU: 9781526601933 Category: Childrens Fiction Tags: Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories, Children's / Teenage general interest: Birds, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: divorce, separation, family, Interest age: from c 9 years
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WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022
WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE SHADOWERS’ CHOICE AWARD 2022
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‘A very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status’
– The Times Children’s Book of the Week
‘A modern classic … relevant, comforting and life-affirming’ – Scotsman
‘The perfect Autumn read’ – Primary Teacher Bookshelf
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A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD.

October and her dad live in the woods. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars like best friends. They live in the woods and they are wild. And that’s the way it is.

Until the year October turns eleven. That’s the year October rescues a baby owl. It’s the year Dad falls out of the biggest tree in their woods. The year the woman who calls herself October’s mother comes back. The year everything changes.

Written in Katya Balen’s heart-stoppingly beautiful style, this book is a feast for the senses. And, as October fights to find the space to be wild in the whirling chaos of the world beyond the woods, it is also a feast for the soul.

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Weight 0.269 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 2.6 cm
Author

Balen, Katya

Publisher

Bloomsbury Children's Books

Imprint

Bloomsbury Children's Books

Cover

Paperback

Pages

290

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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