Overview
Follow-up to the award-winning The Deepest Breath. A warm and sensitive dual narrator LGBTQ+ story. Stevie is about to start secondary school. She often feels anxious, but feels much better having her two best friends, Chloe and Andrew, by her side.Their new school is filled with excitement, like the LGBTQIA+ club, but also challenges, such as math class. The biggest challenge of all though comes when Andrew suddenly becomes distant. Andrew isn't quite sure who he is yet. This didn't matter much before, especially when he was hanging out with Stevie and Chloe. Now it seems to matter very much indeed, but he doesn't know how to begin talking about it with his friends, who seem to be much clearer about who they are.
Full Product Details
Author: Megan Grehan
Publisher: Little Island
Imprint: Little Island
Weight: 0.170kg
ISBN: 9781915071804
ISBN 10: 1915071801
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 May 2025
Recommended Age: From 10 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Praise for The Lonely Book 'By emphasizing the ways in which books and bookstores serve as safe spaces, the importance of open and honest communication in relationships, and the power of unconditional love, Grehan offers a wholesome and affirming story suffused with warmth and populated by a supportive and compassionate cast.' * Publishers Weekly, starred review * Praise for The Lonely Book 'What a tender jewel of a book ... The Lonely Book was a balm and a blessing.' -- Deirdre Sullivan, author of Savage Her Reply Praise for The Lonely Book 'A beautifully immersive, magical and timely tale of family, gender identity – and the importance of a good book! I binged Meg Grehan's The Lonely Book in one sitting, it's the perfect warm and love-filled escape for bookworms of all ages, especially those who've always believed in the magic of bookstores.' -- Aislinn O'Loughlin, author of Big Bad Me Praise for The Lonely Book 'This brave, kind novel in verse explores gender identity in an original way.' -- Sarah Webb, Irish Independent Praise for The Lonely Book 'There is much for every reader to enjoy in this celebration of the wonders of bookshops and family love.' * The Echo *
Author Information
Meg Grehan is originally from County Louth but now hiding away in County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland, with a very ginger girlfriend, an even more ginger dog and an undisclosed number of cats (none of whom is ginger). Her first book The Space Between won the Eilís Dillon Award at the 2018 Children’s Books Ireland Awards. The Deepest Breath won the Judge’s Special Prize at the 2020 Children’s Books Ireland Awards and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. It is published in the USA by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and in France by Talents Haut. Baby Teeth was a Kirkus Best YA Book of 2022 and was nominated for the 2023 Carnegie Medal.
