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DON’T LOOK BACK




       Becca Perl




                                                                   ISBN  978-1-83574-075-0




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                                                                 Publication:  31 OCTOBER 2024
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                                                                 ISBN:           9781835740750
                                                                 Price:          £7.99

                                                                 Binding:        Paperback
                                                                 Format:         210 x 297 mm

                                                                 Extent:         40 pp
                                                                 Illustrated:  Includes illustrations

                                                                 Thema:          YBC Picture storybooks

                                                                 Author location: Dorset
                                                                 Age: 7 to 11

                                                                    •  Don’t  Look  Back  is  a  beautifully  illustrated
                                                                        children’s picture book that follows Anthony
                                                                        and  his  parents  as  they  escape  their  home,
                                                                        never to return.
                                                                    •  This true story teaches young readers about
                                                                        people risking everything to escape to a better
                                                                        life  and  is  inspired  by  the  author’s  family’s
                                                                        escape from Czechoslovakia in 1949.
                                                                    •  Features the ‘real story’ at the end of the book,
         Becca Perl is a copywriter, journalist and food writer who lives with   including the authors own photographs.
         her  family  in  Christchurch,  Dorset.  She  rediscovered  a  love  of
         drawing during lockdown and has been illustrating ever since. Becca   Don’t Look Back tells the true story of escape, adventure
         has been working on telling her family’s story after graduating with a   and freedom.
         Master’s degree in Creative Writing in 2012.
                                                                 When Anthony and his parents leave their house with just
                                                                 a small bag and Anthony’s teddy bear, it looks as though
                                                                 they  are  going  out  for  a  couple  of  hours.  Yet  they  are
                                                                 leaving forever. Their journey takes them through a forest,
                                                                 where  they  have  to  overcome  challenges  and  face  their
                                                                 fears.

                                                                 Will they all make it out safely?
         Sales: Star Book Sales LLP
         T: 01404 515050                                         This true story teaches young readers about people risking
         E: enquiries@starbooksales.com
                                                                 everything to escape to a better life.
         Orders: Troubador Publishing
         Tradeorders@troubador.co.uk
         0116 279 2299

         Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change
         without notice.   10/05/ 2024
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