Saving Celeste

by Timothée de Fombelle

Translated by Sarah Ardizzone

128 Pages, 129.00 x 198.00 x 9.00 mm

£6.99

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In this incredibly moving and powerful story about climate change by one of France’s greatest writers for children, the world is run by !ndustry and the only thing that matters is to buy, buy, buy. People live in crowded cities where cars are stacked vertically and shopping centres run miles into the sky. On the day Celeste starts school on the 110th floor of a tower block, she meets a lonely, young boy. The next day she doesn't return. Her blood has become as polluted as the seas and rivers. On a mission to save her, the boy battles the forces of !ndustry and takes her far, far away. Will the world realise the truth of Celeste’s disease? Will there be time for her, and the planet, to recover?

ISBN: 9781406397192
Age range: from 9 to 14
Length: 128 pages
Price: £6.99

Publication date: 4 November 2021
Imprint: Walker Books
Dimensions: 129.00 x 198.00 x 9.00 mm
Weight: 121.00gr

Timothée de Fombelle is the author of Toby Alone - a thrilling tale of heroism, friendship and survival - and its sequel, Toby Alone and the Secrets of the Tree.

Award-winning translator of Eye of the Wolf and the Golem series.

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Featured in The Bookseller's November previews. ~The Bookseller

Saving Celeste is moving and powerful story about climate change by one of France’s greatest writers for children, Timothée de Fombelle. ~The Irish Independent

a truly powerful read ~Books Up North

Beautifully written and charmingly simple, Saving Celeste is a hopeful tale about both an individual’s power to change things, and how our collective responsibilities to each other and to the earth are one and the same. ~Cheshire Education Library Services blog