By Caryl Lewis (author)
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In a world where bees are at risk of extinction, one girl fights for her own survival. Perfect for fans of Meg Rosoff's How I Live Now and Sarah Crossan.
Imagine a world where honeybees have died out. It's a patriarchal world where famines are rife. It's a world without art, without books, without plays. Girls are sent away from home, forced to pollinate crops by hand with brushes and to marry as soon as they can. Inhabiting this world is Jess and her friends Cass, Deva, and Ruth.
But even if one fourteen year old knows that the system is dangerous, can she really stoke a revolution?
Caryl Lewis said: 'As a beekeeper, I am acutely aware of the interconnectedness of everything and have long been frightened of how we, as humans, set ourselves apart from nature. We do not seem to understand that in destroying nature, we destroy ourselves. My daughter is growing up in what feels like a much more hostile environment facing climate instability, the rise of misogyny and the roll back of women's bodily rights.
I wanted to comfort and empower her and let her see that our greatest weapon in a floundering world is the imagination.'.
Caryl Lewis is a Welsh novelist. She has won Wales Book of the Year twice for her literary fiction and the Tir na n-Og Award for best children’s fiction in 2004 and 2015 . Her novel Martha, Jac A Sianco was adapted for film and won 6 Welsh BAFTAS and the Spirit of the Festival Award at the 2010 Celtic Media Festival. She is on the Welsh curriculum and is a successful screenwriter (working on BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden).
Seed is her debut English novel for readers of 8+. She lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth in Wales.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Danger of Small Things and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
The Danger of Small Things features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Gritty Reads, Politics, Law, Philosophy & Ethics, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Migration / refugees, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction, Recommendations, Work / Industry, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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The Danger of Small Things was written by Caryl Lewis and published by Simon & Schuster Children's an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK
The Danger of Small Things has 272 pages
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