The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

Kristina Sigunsdotter author Julia Marshall translator Ester Eriksson illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Gecko Press

Published:1st May '22

Should be back in stock very soon

The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson cover

“There is humour and frankness in the tough yet charming voice of Cricket, perfectly aligned with the punkish and surprising illustrations.”   Julia Marshall, Publisher

A bright, contemporary and fearless novel about an ordinary extraordinary eleven-year-old trying to win back her best friend and get her mother to stop sighing.Cricket Karlsson is going to become an artist just like her aunt, who loves cheese and art and always speaks her mind. Not like Cricket's mother, who is dieting and sighs at everything. But now Aunt Frannie has lost her joy and Cricket's best friend has dumped her for the horse girls. Eleven-year-old Cricket Karlsson is a warm and complex character with an artistic soul. This is a liberating and unexpected story about growing up, fitting in, and sorting out the adults in our lives that will reach the hearts of young readers (and older ones).

"[This] humorously blunt first-person narrative, which includes Cricket's numerous revealing lists . . . offers a sympathetic portrait of an idiosyncratic, thoughtful preteen in a period of turmoil."—Publishers Weekly

ISBN: 9781776574285

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112 pages