The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson
Julia Marshall, Kristina Sigunsdotter, Ester Eriksson
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NZ$ 19.99
Paperback
h204 x 144mm - 112pg
4 May 2022 NZ
International import eta 7-19 days
9781776574285
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Winner of the prestigious Swedish August Prize 2020. A bright, contemporary and fearless novel about an ordinary extraordinary eleven-year-old trying to win back her best friend and get her mother to stop sighing. Cricket Karlsson is going to become an artist just like her aunt, who loves cheese and art and always speaks her mind. Not like Cricket' s mother, who is dieting and sighs at everything. But now Aunt Frannie has lost her joy and Cricket' s best friend has dumped her for the horse girls. Eleven-year-old Cricket Karlsson is a warm and complex character with an artistic soul. Written as a diary, tween readers will fall in love with Cricket' s tough yet charming voice as she shares her secret thoughts about her best friend break-up, her Aunt' s breakdown and experimental chewing gum sculptures. Punkish and surprising comic-style illustrations perfectly compliment this coming of age story. This is a liberating and unexpected story about growing up, fitting in, and sorting out the adults in our lives that will reach the hearts of young readers (and older ones).
Kristina Sigunsdotter is a Swedish writer, artist and playwright. She is also the founder of The Poetry Factory, a poetry workshop for children. Ester Eriksson is an artist and cartoonist from the Netherlands.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781776574285
Published: 4 May 2022
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Gecko Press
Publisher: Gecko Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 204mm
Width: 144mm
Pages: 112

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