Keedie

"This is a novel filled with love―not only Keedie's love for Addie but McNicoll's for young neurodivergent people everywhere, and the brilliant and brave Keedie will inspire those children to be proud of who they are." The Bookseller

Set in Juniper five years before IA Kind of Spark comes a powerful coming-of-age story from award-winning author Elle McNicoll.

As Keedie and her twin Nina approach their fourteenth birthday, they seem to only be growing further apart. Keedie instead feels drawn to, and fiercely protective of, their quiet younger sister Addie – who on the surface is the opposite of loud and fiery Keedie, but in fact they have more in common than anyone knows.

"A brilliant story of kindness, justice and just a little bit of revenge. Brash, bold and furious, just like Keedie herself." Lizzie Huxley-Jones
Show Us Who You Are 9781913311650
The second book from the author of the award-winning middle-grade book A Kind of Spark 'Imaginative and assured' Observer

When Cora's brother drags her along to his boss's house, she doesn't expect to strike up a friendship with Adrien, son of the intimidating CEO of Pomegranate Technologies.
As she becomes part of Adrien's life, she is also drawn into the mysterious projects at Pomegranate. At first, she's intrigued by them - Pomegranate is using AI to recreate real people in hologram form. As she digs deeper, however, she uncovers darker secrets... Cora knows she must unravel their plans, but can she fight to make her voice heard, whilst never losing sight of herself?

With Neurodivergent characters you'll root for and a moving friendship at its heart, readers 9+ will love this powerful new novel from Elle McNicoll.

'Exhilarating and breathtaking' Just Imagine
The Times Children's Book of the Week
PRAISE FOR A KIND OF SPARK:
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES BEST BOOK FOR YOUNGER READERS AND OVERALL WINNER 2021
WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER PRIZE FOR BEST STORY 2021
SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH OCTOBER 2020

Elle McNicoll is a bestselling and award-winning Scottish novelist. Her debut, A Kind of Spark, won the Blue Peter Book Award and the Overall Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, as well as Blackwell’s Book of 2020. She is Carnegie nominated, and was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards 2020, the Branford Boase Award and The Little Rebels Award. Her second novel, Show Us Who You Are, was Blackwell’s Book of the Month and one of The Bookseller’s Best Books of 2021. She is an advocate for better representation of neurodiversity in publishing, and currently lives in London.