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Letters from the upside
Balen, Katya2025
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Con has been angry ever since Dad left. He doesn't want to be. He wants to play FIFA with his best friend Kyron; to make his mum proud; to let people's words about his dad roll off him like water. Instead, rage builds inside him until he explodes. Now even Kyron is scared of him. And when Con gets suspended from school he knows he's let everyone down. The good person he longs to be feels unreachable.And then his neighbour, Mr Williams, lets him in on a secret.Up on the roof of Con's building, Mr Williams keeps homing pigeons. Their feathers are the colour of pearls and storm clouds. Every day they fly out, carrying messages to people in other towns before finding their way home. Mr Williams wants Con's help looking after them. Con can't believe it. How could someone like him be trusted with these delicate creatures? But slowly, Con begins to believe that he can.Then Mr Williams goes away for a few days. Con is left in charge, and he begins to wonder whether the pigeons might be able to bring home more than just messages. Perhaps they could find his dad.
Main title:
Letters from the upside / Katya Balen ; illustrated by Jessica Cruickshank.
Author:
Balen, Katya, authorCruickshank, Jessica, illustrator
Work:
Edition:
First.
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025.
Collation:
252 p. : B & W chapter headings ; 204 x 136 mm. 332 gm.
Audience:
Young People.Reading grade level: 9-11.Interest age level: 9-13.Interest grade level: KS2 KS3.
Biography/History:
Katya Balen is an award-winning author of books for children. Her debut novel, The Space We're In, was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award, October, October won the Yoto Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award, and The Light in Everything was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal. When she's not writing books, Katya likes to scroll through dog-rescue websites, bake and attempt to keep her house plants alive. She lives in London with her partner and their dog.
ISBN:
9781526663894 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Family life-FictionEmotions-FictionPigeons-FictionInterpersonal relations-FictionChildren’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home storiesChildren’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal storiesInterest age: from c 9 yearsSeparation / divorceChildren’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behavioursFamily & home stories (Children's / Teenage)Fiction 9+Family Stories
BRN:
931888