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A LIBRARY OF LEMONS (2016)
WINNER of the Oxfordshire Book Award 2017
WINNER of the Stockport Children’s Book Award 2017
WINNER of the Tower Hamlets Book Award 2017
RUNNER-UP in the Berkshire Book Award 2017
Shortlisted for the Lewisham Book Award 2018
Shortlisted for the GDST Book Award 2017-2018
Shortlisted for the Leeds Book Award
Shortlisted for the Haringey Children’s Book Award
Longlisted for the St Helens Schools Library Services Awards BASH2017
Longlisted for the North Somerset Teacher’s Award
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal
A poignant story about dealing with grief through the magic of reading and friendship.
Calypso’s mum died a few years ago and her emotionally incompetent Dad can’t, or won’t, talk about Mum at all. Instead he throws himself into writing his book A History of the Lemon. Meanwhile the house is dusty, there’s never any food in the fridge, and Calypso retreats into her own world of books and fiction.
When a new girl, Mae, arrives at school, the girls’ shared love of reading and writing stories draws them together. Mae’s friendship and her lively and chaotic home – where people argue and hug each other – make Calypso feel more normal than she has for a long time. But when Calypso finally plucks up the courage to invite Mae over to her own house, the girls discover the truth about her dad and his magnum opus – and Calypso’s happiness starts to unravel.
‘A story of great warmth and emotional wisdom’ LINDA NEWBERY
A Library of Lemons, published by Piccadilly Press, RRP £5.99, ISBN 978-1848125117
A Library of Lemons has been sold to the following publishers in other countries: China – Beijing Publising; France – Fleurus-Mame; Germany – Königskinder; Korea – Lime; Japan – Shogakukan; Finland – Stabenfeld; Norway – Stabenfeld; Romania – Corint; Sweden – Stabenfeld; Turkey – Timas; Taiwan – Yuan-Liou
Jo Cotterill 