The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson
Kristina Sigunsdotter author Julia Marshall translator Ester Eriksson illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Gecko Press
Published:1st May '22
£8.99
Available to order, but very limited on stock - if we have issues obtaining a copy, we will let you know.
“There is humour and frankness in the tough yet charming voice of Cricket, perfectly aligned with the punkish and surprising illustrations.” Julia Marshall, Publisher
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. 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).
"The humorously blunt first-person narrative, which includes Cricket’s numerous revealing lists…offers a sympathetic portrait of an idiosyncratic, thoughtful preteen in a period of turmoil."
-- Publishers Weekly"Sigunsdotter's honest voice and Eriksson's sophisticated and generously distributed art come together to honour the passion of (young female) friendships, and the pain that accompanies their dissolution."
-- The New York Times"It’s properly funny (like, do a little snort level of funny). Without talking down to youngsters, it treats them with the respect and smarts that middle-readers deserve and in doing so perfectly captures the liminal space between childhood and adolescence."
-- Dominion Post"We’re obsessed with this side-splitting, heartfelt book...filled with hilarious & wicked illustrations, delightfully oddball humour (recalling Harriet the Spy) and the perfect read for ages 10 through 100."
-- Little Unity BISBN: 9781776574285
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112 pages