Where the Lockwood Grows
$34.06
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2023
Summary
“A mystery…brimming with heart.” -Kwame Mbalia, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the TRISTAN STRONG series
Twelve-year-old Erie has never lived life fully in the sunlight. After destructive wildfires wreaked havoc on the world around her, the government came up with a plan-engineer a plant that cannot burn. Thus, the fire-resistant lockwood was born. The lockwood protects Erie and her hometown of Prine, but it grows incredibly fast and must be cut back every morning. O…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316449120 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316449121 |
| Author: | Olivia A. Cole |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 140mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
Beautifully written and full of insight and adventure, Where the Lockwood Grows is a timely, ambitious story about justice and finding one’s place in the world.–Ashley Herring Blake, award-winning author of IVY ABERDEEN’S LETTER TO THE WORLD
Lyrical, imaginative, and timely- WHERE THE LOCKWOOD GROWS not only makes readers think about their place in the natural world and their own personal responsibility, but is also a gripping and entertaining adventure.–Jasmine Warga, New York Times bestselling author of OTHER WORDS FOR HOME
Olivia Cole is quite simply one of the finest and most unafraid storytellers….She listens, and then she translates, in bold and beautiful words, all the things that matter to her, and most definitely should to us.–Kwame Alexander, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE DOOR OF NO RETURN
This book is a wonderful breath of fresh air, a mystery of nature and our environment that is brimming with heart. Read, learn and fall in love with Erie’s adventure to save her home and her family.–Kwame Mbalia, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the TRISTAN STRONG series
Readers who enjoy books about science and the environment will love this.–Booklist
About The Author
Olivia A. Cole
Olivia A. Cole is a writer from Louisville, Kentucky. Her essays, which often focus on race and womanhood, have been published in Bitch Media, Real Simple, The LA Times, HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Gay Mag, and more. She teaches creative writing at the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts, where she guides her students through poetry and fiction, but also considerations of the world and who they are within it. She is the author of several books for children and adults.
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