By Elle McNicoll (author)
"The compelling, thought-provoking story from an award-winning author."
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Keedie is the prequel to Elle McNicoll’s award-winning A Kind of Spark , now also a successful BBC TV series, and stars its central character Addie’s much-loved big sister. Don’t worry if you haven’t read the earlier book, Keedie more than works as a stand-alone, though I guarantee that once you have read it, you’ll be searching out A Kind of Spark to read next.
Like Addie, Keedie is autistic and on one level the book is a superb, eye-opening and powerful account of what that means for her. It’s much more than that too however, with a cracking storyline, and themes of family, friendship, and fairness. It’s no surprise that Keedie is highly attuned to the bullying that is going on at her school, and indeed in the wider society, but unlike most of us, she is unafraid to call it out, whoever is responsible.
This causes ructions at school, in her village and even in her own family, not all of them easy to resolve.
Well-plotted, full of nuance and characters we will all recognise, the story is compelling and thought-provoking and you may well find yourself reading it in one sitting, as I did.
Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark comes a powerful coming-of-age story from award-winning author Elle McNicoll.
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As Keedie and her twin Nina approach their fourteenth birthday, they seem to only be growing further apart. Keedie instead feels drawn to, and fiercely protective of, their quiet younger sister Addie - who on the surface is the opposite of loud and fiery Keedie, but in fact they have more in common than anyone knows. Don't miss Elle McNicoll's other books for young readers:
'This is a novel filled with love - not only Keedie's love for Addie but McNicoll's for young neurodivergent people everywhere, and the brilliant and brave Keedie will inspire those children to be proud of who they are' The Bookseller
'A brilliant story of kindness, justice and just a little bit of revenge. Brash, bold and furious, just like Keedie herself' Lizzie Huxley-Jones
Elle McNicoll is an award-winning Scottish children’s author.
Her debut novel, A Kind of Spark , won the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. A live action TV adaptation from BBC Children’s and 9 Story Media will be hitting UK screens in Spring 2023.
She is an advocate for better representation of neurodiversity in publishing and in 2022 founded The Adrien Prize, to recognise children’s fiction that explores the disability experience. She lives in London.
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Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark comes a powerful coming-of-age story from award-winning author Elle McNicoll. As Keedie and her twin Nina approach their fourteenth birthday, they seem to only be growing further apart.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Keedie and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
Keedie features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Stories about Family and Friends, School Stories, Books to Motivate Reluctant Readers age 11+, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage emotions: Courage, bravery, hope, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), PSHE: Bullying and Discrimination
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Keedie was written by Elle McNicoll and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Keedie has 213 pages
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