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FICTION
The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke
Kirsty Applebaum
• Poses moral dilemmas: what will we sacrifice to keep those we love safe and what does it mean to be selfless
• An atmospheric and moving tale of love and loss from the acclaimed author of The Middler and TrooFriend
• The Middler has been sold to 9 territories to date and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020
Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the brink of death. But he pays a price for this gift – by lengthening the creature’s life, he shortens his own. Save a bit of life, give a bit of life. So Lonny has to be careful, has to stay hidden. Because if people knew what he could do, Lonny would be left with no life at all...
Age: 9+
Price: £7.99
Extent: 256pp
Word count: 45,000
Format: B-format paperback Rights sold: Chinese simplified US English
• Contemporary fairytale
• Family
After studying an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University, Kirsty Applebaum went on to win the United Agents Prize for Most Promising Writing for Young People. Her debut novel The Middler received widespread critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020.