Awards

• Commended for Globe 100 List 2019 (Canada)
• Commended for OLA Best Bets 2019 (Canada)

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9781773060385

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A moving testimony to the process of navigating abrupt, painful change—and the life-altering impact of true friendship * Kirkus Reviews * [The graphic novel format] creates a comforting clarity and clear path for readers, even in the midst of a shocking and unexpected loss. * Quill and Quire * This story of intergenerational friendship [is] told with warmth and realism … * Booklist * Equally heartbreaking and encouraging, this moving look at meaningful friendship offers valuable honesty and insight. * Horn Book *

A moving testimony to the process of navigating abrupt, painful change-and the life-altering impact of true friendship * Kirkus Reviews * [The graphic novel format] creates a comforting clarity and clear path for readers, even in the midst of a shocking and unexpected loss. * Quill and Quire * This story of intergenerational friendship [is] told with warmth and realism ... * Booklist * Equally heartbreaking and encouraging, this moving look at meaningful friendship offers valuable honesty and insight. * Horn Book *

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SARA CASSIDY is a journalist, editor and the author of twenty children’s books. Her books have won the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize and been Junior Library Guild selections. They have been nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in Young People's Literature, Chocolate Lily Award, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Diamond Willow Award, Silver Birch Express Award and the Sunburst Award. Sara lives in Victoria, British Columbia. SOPHIE CASSON illustrated The Prisoner and the Writer, written by Heather Camlot, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards Best Children’s Book. Her other books include The Artist and Me by Shane Peacock, a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and Helen’s Birds by Sara Cassidy. Sophie’s work has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the New York Times and Nature, as well as in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Sophie lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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