Full Product Details
Author: Nicola Skinner
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperCollins
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 19.40cm
Weight: 0.372kg
ISBN: 9780063071698
ISBN 10: 006307169
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 18 March 2026
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""Centered around the theme of allowing oneself to feel and experience anger, sadness, and pain rather than shoving them down, it challenges societal norms of adults ""tidying up"" kids' feelings. A hauntingly memorable mixture of humor and honest emotion."" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""Skinner's poignant story of Frankie's ordinary and heartbreaking afterlife tackles grand themes of love, forgiveness, friendship, and even the meaning of life. A perfect book for fans of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and The Graveyard Book."" -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)"
Centered around the theme of allowing oneself to feel and experience anger, sadness, and pain rather than shoving them down, it challenges societal norms of adults tidying up kids' feelings. A hauntingly memorable mixture of humor and honest emotion. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Skinner's poignant story of Frankie's ordinary and heartbreaking afterlife tackles grand themes of love, forgiveness, friendship, and even the meaning of life. A perfect book for fans of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and The Graveyard Book. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
""Centered around the theme of allowing oneself to feel and experience anger, sadness, and pain rather than shoving them down, it challenges societal norms of adults ""tidying up"" kids' feelings. A hauntingly memorable mixture of humor and honest emotion."" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""Skinner's poignant story of Frankie's ordinary and heartbreaking afterlife tackles grand themes of love, forgiveness, friendship, and even the meaning of life. A perfect book for fans of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and The Graveyard Book."" -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
Author Information
Nicola Skinner was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she spent an idyllic early childhood mostly watching some very dramatic telenovelas, reading comics, and going to the beach. When she was nine, she swapped all of that to attend boarding school in Great Britain, which didn't have beaches, unfortunately, but where she learned a love for books and writing. A former journalist and copywriter, she is now a full-time author of children's books.
