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The girl who became a tree
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- Book Synopsis
- Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened she recalls memories of shared times and stories past, and in facing the darkness she finds a way back from the tangle of fear and confusion, to feel connected once more with her friends and family. The Girl Who Became a Tree sees Joseph Coelho deploy a wide variety of poetic forms with consummate skill in its narration of events. He seamlessly but searingly weaves together the ancient legend of Daphne, who was turned into a tree to avoid the attentions of the god Apollo, and a totally modern tale, mixing real-life and fantasy, in which a latter-day Daphne seeks her own freedom. This is a heart-stoppingly imaginative story told in poems, at times bleak and even tragic, which is layered, rich and ultimately a tour de force of poetic skill and energy.
- About The Author
- Joseph Coelho's debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules won the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015. His poetry collection Overheard in a Tower Block, published by Otter-Barry Books in 2017 was shortlisted for the CLiPPA Poetry Award and longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. His verse novel The Girl Who Became a Tree (Otter-Barry Books) was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2021. As well as poetry, Joseph also writes plays and picture books. Joseph was the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022-24. The Boy Lost in the Maze won the Yoto Carnegie 2024 Medal for Writing. He was awarded an OBE in 2024 and was nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2025. He lives in Edinburgh.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781913074074
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Otter-Barry Books, (03 November 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 175
- Weight
- 198 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 19 mm
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