By Lisette Auton (author)
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Mimi 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...
'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 2023
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.
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Mimi adores her wild, fun, full-of-life gran. Then Gran starts forgetting things.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Stickleback Catchers and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
The Stickleback Catchers features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Stories about Family and Friends, Fantasy / Magical, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family / groups), Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE)
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The Stickleback Catchers was written by Lisette Auton and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
The Stickleback Catchers has 385 pages
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