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Girls fight for survival and revolution in a bee-less, dystopian world.
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The Danger of Small Things

The YA debut from an award-winning and bestselling Welsh storyteller

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  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2026

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Summary

WINNER OF THE 2026 CHILDREN’S WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR FICTION

LONGLISTED FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARDS 2027 (11-14 CATEGORY)

The Handmaid’s Tale meets Meg Rosoff’s How I Live Now in this page-turning dystopian YA, described by the author as a love letter to her daughter.

In a world where bees are at risk of extinction, one girl fights for her own survival.

Imagine a world where honeybees have died out. It’s a patriarchal world where famines a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781398549272
ISBN-10:1398549274
Author:Caryl Lewis
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Imprint:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:30 June 2026
Weight:362g
Dimensions:21mm x 135mm x 216mm
Audience Age:14
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The Danger of Small Things by Caryl Lewis - ISBN: 9781398549272
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About The Author

Caryl Lewis

Caryl Lewis is an award-winning Welsh novelist, children’s writer, playwright, and screenwriter.

Her breakthrough novel, Martha, Jac a Sianco, is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature and sits on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation (with a screenplay by Caryl) won six Welsh BAFTAs and the Spirit of the Festival Award at the Celtic Media Festival.

Caryl’s other screenwriting work includes BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. She is also the author of The Danger of Small Things.

She is a visiting lecturer in creative writing at Cardiff University and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth.

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