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""McCaughrean writes with a light touch; her words dance as they show the organic growth of the quartet's relationships and their nonjudgmental mutual acceptance. This story of great complexity deftly and expertly shows how unconscionable violence can expose the artificiality of many absolutes and boundaries. Compelling, heartbreaking, and vibrantly alive with hope and courage."" --Kirkus (starred review) ""Mesmerizing...McCaughrean's writing and characters are full of life. Tragedy, heroism, hope, and miracles intertwine in the unpredictable, heart-rending months leading to the novel's conclusion...The [characters] dare to find moments of joy and hold onto their pacifism."" --Booklist (starred review)

Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing ""Will touch the heart of anyone who ever wanted to go home...The children's adventures, and McCaughrean's robust world-building, make this book one to get lost in. Incredibly well-researched and emotionally devastating, this gripping novel, brimming with vitality, is a story for those seeking hope in a sometimes-mad world."" --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ""McCaughrean writes with a light touch; her words dance as they show the organic growth of the quartet's relationships and their nonjudgmental mutual acceptance. This story of great complexity deftly and expertly shows how unconscionable violence can expose the artificiality of many absolutes and boundaries. Compelling, heartbreaking, and vibrantly alive with hope and courage."" --Kirkus (starred review) ""Mesmerizing...McCaughrean's writing and characters are full of life. Tragedy, heroism, hope, and miracles intertwine in the unpredictable, heart-rending months leading to the novel's conclusion...The [characters] dare to find moments of joy and hold onto their pacifism."" --Booklist (starred review)

""McCaughrean writes with a light touch; her words dance as they show the organic growth of the quartet's relationships and their nonjudgmental mutual acceptance. This story of great complexity deftly and expertly shows how unconscionable violence can expose the artificiality of many absolutes and boundaries. Compelling, heartbreaking, and vibrantly alive with hope and courage."" --Kirkus (starred review)

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Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of the Printz Award winner The White Darkness, the New York Times bestseller Peter Pan in Scarlet, and many other books for children and young adults, which have been translated into forty-five languages. She is a two-time winner of the Carnegie Medal. Geraldine lives in Berkshire with her husband, John, and the lingering shades of all the characters she has invented in her books. Her cottage is under year-round siege from wild birds demanding to be fed. The ducks even knock on the door.

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