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Are We All Lemmings & Snowflakes?

Holly Bourne author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Usborne Publishing Ltd

Published:9th Aug '18

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Are We All Lemmings & Snowflakes? cover

A trailblazing and painfully honest novel about mental health, friendship and making this crazy world a kinder place, from the author of the bestselling Am I Normal Yet?


Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at "normality" for Olive, a girl on the edge, and for her new friends, who are all dealing with their own battles. But as Olive settles in, she starts to wonder - maybe it's this messed up world that needs fixing, and not them. And so she comes up with a plan. Because together, snowflakes can form avalanches...

"Holly Bourne applies her inimitable surreal humour to the dark reaches of the disordered mind..."The Guardian

Alongside an intriguing concept, there are shrewd observations about mental health issues… that will reassure readers this is a book (and an author) that does, actually, ‘get’ it. * Irish Times *
an honest, funny book full of heart * Irish Sunday Independent *
As ever, bestselling young adult author Holly Bourne tackles a serious subject with humour and sensitivity. * Sunday Express S Magazine *
Bourne is intensely readable and writes with compassion, insight and humour. * The Observer *
Holly Bourne applies her inimitable surreal humour to the dark reaches of the disordered mind… Olive’s passionate desire to spread a ‘kindness virus’ is tremendously endearing as she flies the flag for courage and altruism. * The Guardian *

  • Nominated for The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019

ISBN: 9781474933612

Dimensions: 203mm x 142mm x 26mm

Weight: 330g

400 pages