Bren MacDibble
Autor(a) de How to Bee
About the Author
Bren MacDibble was raised in New Zealand and lived on farms in various villages and towns. She enjoyed writing stories on an old typewriter. As a young adult, she spent a couple of years exploring the world. She finally settled in Melbourne. After raising her children, she hit the rode again. this mostrar mais time on a motorbike, exploring the United States and Australia. The books she read to her children inspired her back into writing. Her favorite genre is science fiction. She attended Clarion South in 2004. In 2011, she attended the Manuscript Development program with Queensland Writers Centre and Allen and Unwin. Her debut Young Adult book, The Dark Spaces, won the 2015 Ampersand Prize. It was written under the pseudonym, Callie Black. Her second book, How to Bee, won the 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature, the 2018 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA, Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction, and the 2018 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Young Readers. Her other work includes, Intergalactic Deliveries Inc., Splatterby Dragons Home, There's No Such Thing, Anchovy Circus, The Adventures of Zip Velocity (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Bren MacDibble
Lost Property 1 exemplar
A Complete Refabrication 1 exemplar
Collecting Whispers 1 exemplar
Sparklers Red No Fishing 1 exemplar
The Apprentice Witnesser 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Black, Cally
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- New Zealand
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Such an amazing story!
My 11yo son received an advanced copy from a local bookshop to write a review. I started reading it aloud to him at lunch time today. We had short breaks for soccer training and dinner, but I managed to get it finished before bed time. I don't think he would have slept without hearing the ending! But now my poor voice needs a rest!
Set in Australia, this is a wonderful tale of bravery, perseverance and loyalty. It champions the bonds that make people family, and that even in bad times there are good people in this world.… (mais)
My 11yo son received an advanced copy from a local bookshop to write a review. I started reading it aloud to him at lunch time today. We had short breaks for soccer training and dinner, but I managed to get it finished before bed time. I don't think he would have slept without hearing the ending! But now my poor voice needs a rest!
Set in Australia, this is a wonderful tale of bravery, perseverance and loyalty. It champions the bonds that make people family, and that even in bad times there are good people in this world.… (mais)
I read this in a weird order, hearing most of the middle while doing some work in the school library while lessons were on, then having to borrow the book to read the end and beginning. Peony is a fierce character, and the author does not hold back from real to life battles and challenges for her, which explains her personal growth within the tale.
This is a great book for kids. It is not a great book for me, because there is a significant plot point that is Not Good.
There is some fascinating world building going on here, with the ways that dealing with pollination happens in a world (country?) without bees (with my science hat on, I'm all like 'honey bees are not the only pollinators', but I get that this isn't the place for that nuance).
The viewpoint character is completely believably not quite ten; some of the situations they get in to are a tad terrifying as a parent, but will probably come across as exciting to a middle grade reader.
content notes (spoilers)
- domestic violence
- parental death
- kidnapping by a family member… (mais)
There is some fascinating world building going on here, with the ways that dealing with pollination happens in a world (country?) without bees (with my science hat on, I'm all like 'honey bees are not the only pollinators', but I get that this isn't the place for that nuance).
The viewpoint character is completely believably not quite ten; some of the situations they get in to are a tad terrifying as a parent, but will probably come across as exciting to a middle grade reader.
content notes (spoilers)
- domestic violence
- parental death
- kidnapping by a family member… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 213
- Popularidade
- #104,444
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 7
- ISBN
- 42
CW: Domestic violence, anxiety, agoraphobia