The Stickleback Catchers

The Stickleback Catchers

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‘A magic realist fight to save a beloved grandmother from dementia . . . dialect, disability, neurodivergence and gender-nonconformity were all woven incidentally into this open-hearted book – Guardian Best Children’s Books of 2023Mimi adores her wild, fun, full-of-life gran. Then Gran starts forgetting things. Suddenly there are cracks appearing all around their home – and a mysterious black crow – both of which only Mimi seems able to see.Mimi is determined to solve the mystery. Luckily she has new friends to help: Titch and Nusrat. Together, they’re the Stickleback Catchers: solvers of puzzles and seekers of adventure.Down by the river, where the gang meet and the silvery sticklebacks swim, they discover a mysterious stone, speckled with stars. But this is no ordinary stone: it’s the doorway to another world, a world of talking crows and secrets, magical constellations and memories – and maybe, just maybe, Mimi’s chance to bring back Gran forever…

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Weight 0.318 kg
Dimensions 2.4 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
Format
language1
Pages

400
Publisher

Year Published

2023-2-9
Imprint

For Ages

9-12
Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0241522056
About The Author

Lisette Auton is a northern disabled writer, activist, poet, novelist, spoken-word artist, actor, film and theatre-maker, and creative practitioner. She's an award-winning poet who has performed at Northern Stage, ARC, the Southbank Centre and the Sage, in pubs, in a crypt, at festivals, indoors, outdoors, on a bridge and in a launderette.

Touching, original and compelling, this is a nostalgic novel about old-fashioned childhoods, but it is also very much of our time.
Other text

A moving, fantastical adventure story of coming to terms with challenge and change.

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