The Worlds We Leave Behind: SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR ILLUSTRATION

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I do not intend to summarise the plot, that would be just too prosaic an approach for a book that definitely needs reading and sinking into to appreciate it!

Dapo Adeola, Tracy Darnton, Joseph Coelho and Chitra Soundar are among the 19 authors and illustrators longlisted for the Inclusive Books for Child... Every new chapter took the book in a new direction, and yet I still found the prose lagging. It was both introspective, and shallow. Sorry, these aren't very nice things (they're also contradictory), but it's how I felt. I loved this book. The authors have written short but informative, provocative, and amazingly readable chapters on a wide range of issues, concepts and strategies that help us think about how we might create a more sustainable and just future. The format is brilliant!"

A. F. Harrold Press Reviews

An extraordinary story about friendship and betrayal. Of revenge and retribution but also redemption. Perfect for 11+ readers who enjoy Stranger Things. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration in 2023. He’d tried to say this, to explain the knots and confusions the questions tied him up in, but no one else seemed to feel the same trouble, or they simply didn’t understand.

Atmospheric, character-driven, and thought-provoking, this is a literary mix of genres that totally worked. The writing is sharp and smart. My two complaints are worth overlooking: the occasional use of obscure words, and TMI with some personal details.There wasn't anything truly wrong with The Worlds We Leave Behind, only that it felt, to me, like the first draft of a greater project. I didn't really get to know the characters - all the boys were much the same to me. According to the plot, the boys were seemingly interchangeable, which was a bit sad. A compelling, original story that follows parallel events affecting interconnected children that explores themes around friendship and betrayal, and the consequences of revenge and retribution and finding the strength to forgive and seek redemption. The Primary School Library Alliance is calling on the government to match-fund the private investment it has brought into helping primary schools c... Hex never meant for the girl to follow him and his best friend Tommo into the woods. He certainly never meant for her to fall off the rope swing and break her arm. When he gets blamed for the accident, Hex runs deep into the woods, ending up in a strange clearing that he has never come across before. There he meets an old woman who offers him a deal. She'll rid the world of those who wronged him and Hex can carry on his life with them all forgotten and as if nothing ever happened. But what Hex doesn't know is someone else has been offered the same deal.