Awards

• Long-listed for Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2023 (UK)
• Nominated for Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2023 (UK)
• Nominated for Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2023 (UK)

Overview

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing Rabbit and his mum have moved to the coast to run a small caravan park. Rabbit has been struggling since he saw his father die – he finds it hard to speak. When he befriends a local boy, Joe, Rabbit begins to feel better – but he keeps having strange dreams of a frightened white horse. Hunting for the animal, the two boys stumble across something much more dangerous: a man being held hostage by a criminal gang. Their discovery will set them on a dangerous path that will risk everything Rabbit holds dear…

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9781839132087

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Powerful... this is a writer following in the footsteps of writers such as Westall, Brookes and Almond * Books for Keeps *

Powerful... this is a writer following in the footsteps of writers such as Westall, Brooks and Almond * Books for Keeps * The trauma of grief, the brutality of bullies, the magical realness of dreams, and the power of nature - this poetic triumph reveals we're stronger than we think... With an urgent inferno of a climax suffused in magic and nature, the best of humanity glints through destructive flames to create a powerfully memorable story... Running with Horses brims with truths that light the way and warm the heart * LoveReading4Kids *

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Jason Cockcroft (Author, Illustrator) Jason Cockcroft was born in New Zealand and raised in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He graduated from Falmouth School of Art and is the illustrator and author of over forty books for children, including the illustrated covers for the last three books in the Harry Potter series. Jason won the inaugural Blue Peter Book Award and has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

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