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Extraordinary

Emma Donoghue, author of Room

A touching, delicate book, it's hitting the shelves with high hopes...On March 1, head out and buy Grace McCleen's book

Louis Wise, Sunday Times

This is a novel that strikes both horror and joy in the reader, the first-person narration deftly articulating Judith's escalating confusion and fear ... A talent to watch

Lucy Scholes, The Sunday Times

Surprising, affecting, thoughtful and complex, McCleen's novel grows in power the more time you spend with it

Nicola Barr, Observer

An extraordinary and peculiarly haunting novel

Chris Cleave, author of The Other Hand

An incredibly emotional read

Grazia

A stand-out debut from a new talent ... Inventive and unforgettable

Good Housekeeping

Exquisitely written and imagined

Woman & Home

A thrilling page-turner

Alexander Larman, Spectator

Grace McCleen's writing is deep, fantastical and powerful... She has been able to observe a fascinating world with generosity, wonder and spirit. A wonderful gem of a debut

Viv Groskop, Independent on Sunday

Bursting with tension and tenderness, this novel is a small miracle in itself

Helen Brown, Daily Mail

A distinctive debut that pulls off the use of a child narrator in delightful style

We Love This Book

Touching and funny… a compelling and wholly original debut.

Marie Claire

Shimmers with little miracles.

Peggy Hughes, Scotland on Sunday

Affecting and brilliantly written…a truly awe-inspiring debut

Stylist

A tremendously affecting novel, skillfully and arrestingly written, and one that packs a big emotional punch

Sunday Times

Enchanting and compellingly dark... This is an intensely personal story, but told with a lightness of touch and air of magic

Nigella Lawson, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year

Both sinister and sharply intriguing, with a completely convincing eleven-year-old narrator caught in fundamentalism, school persecution and the edge of the miraculous

A.S. Byatt, Guardian, Books of the Year

This is a promisingly bold book and McCleen is a talent to watch

Lucy Scholes, Sunday Times

A gripping and mesmerizing debut of an unforgettable ten-year-old heroine and her battle with good and evil… A harrowing and powerful story about isolation and belonging

My Weekly

An original new voice... Haunting and absorbing, this is a joy to read

Jackie Carrier, Suffolk Free Press