The Danger of Small Things

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In a world where bees are at risk of extinction, one girl fights for her own survival. Perfect for fans of Meg Rosoffs How I Live Now and Sarah Crossan.

Imagine a world where honeybees have died out. Its a patriarchal world where famines are rife. Its a world without art, without books, without plays. Girls are sent away from home, forced to pollinate crops by hand with brushes and to marry as soon as they can. Inhabiting this world is Jess and her friends Cass, Deva, and Ruth. But even if one fourteenyearold knows that the system is dangerous, can she really stoke a revolution

Caryl Lewis said: As a beekeeper, I am acutely aware of the interconnectedness of everything and have long been frightened of how we, as humans, set ourselves apart from nature. We do not seem to understand that in destroying nature, we destroy ourselves. My daughteris growing up in what feels like a much more hostile environment facing climate instability, the rise of misogyny and the roll back of womens bodily rights. I wanted to comfort and empower her and let her see that our greatest weapon in a floundering world is the imagination.'

Author Bio

Caryl Lewis is an award-winning Welsh novelist, childrens 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. Caryls other screenwriting work includes BBC/S4C thrillersHinterlandandHidden, and shes also the author ofThe 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.