No Country
By (Author) Joe Brady
By (author) Patrice Aggs
David Fickling Books
David Fickling Books
4th March 2021
4th March 2021
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues
741.5
Paperback
208
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 15mm
385g
What would you do if your home wasn't safe any more Bea and her family are trying to live as if everything is normal. She and her sister Hannah look out for one another, at home and in school. But their country is starting to fall apart. A civil war is raging, and it's getting closer. Bea is desperate not to leave home, but how long will it be before they have to run
A stunning graphic novel with a powerful, poignant message * North Somerset Teacher's Book Award *
A thought -and empathy- provoking comic * Three Peas (an organisation supporting refugees) *
Winner * Leicester Best Book Award 2022 *
Shortlisted * Little Rebels Award 2022 *
Joe Brady is the deputy editor of the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed The Phoenix story comic. He is the writer of comic stories Izzy Newton: Kid Billionaire and Claire: Justice Ninja as well as No Country. He's from California and currently lives in Oxford. Patrice Aggs has illustrated more than 50 children's books (including books by Philip Pullman and Malorie Blackman), worked in pre-computer animation (including The Snowman at TVC), and contributed to art collections in Europe, the USA and Japan. She was born in Michigan and studied at St John's College, Annapolis and City & Guilds Art School, London.