Pages:
140
Publisher:
Barrington Stoke
Release
Date: 15th
August 2016
Edition:
UK paperback,
purchased
Alix,
Ben, Zara and Dean meet at their old school to keep a longstanding promise to
open a memory box they left there when they were thirteen. But there is a gaping
hole – their friend Millie has died. When they open the box, secrets tumble out
and old feelings rise to the surface.
A new book rom Non Pratt is
always something to be celebrated so I was super excited to grab an early copy
of Unboxed at YALC this year. And I obviously
loved it!
When Alix, Zara, Ben and Dean
meet to open an old memory box they hid when they were thirteen, they start to
discover a whole lot more about themselves and each other than they had
anticipated. I loved the clash of old and new dynamics between them, the
secrets that came out and the way they came back together, even after years of
silence, to a friendship that they'd never really left behind. Friendship,
especially mixed friendship groups, being the focus of a story is one of my
very favourite things to read about.
Aside from the story, I love the
physical book itself. It’s 100% beautiful and I think the way that Barrington
Stoke have tailored Unboxed to make
it easier for dyslexic readers to enjoy is brilliant – thick, coloured paper;
off-black print in a particular front; and a cover design that’s impossible to
walk past. This is a book that could get so many people hooked on reading.
Unboxed
is another
beautiful book about friendship, identity and growing up from Non. It’s completely
gorgeous and totally made me cry.
Sophie
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