Marcus Sedgwick was one of this generation’s most lauded and highly regarded writers for children and young people, having published over forty books including acclaimed Midwinterblood and The Monsters We Deserve. He won multiple prestigious awards, most notably the Michael L. Printz Award, the Branford Boase Award, the BookTrust Teenage Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award, and was shortlisted for numerous others, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal five times

"Such a delicately wrought and cleverly done piece of climate fiction, told through the lens of teenagers' lives. Really beautiful" – Lauren James, author"A brilliantly unsettling novel that readers will race through!" – Sarah Crossan, author"Meaningful. Powerful. Wonderful" – Tom Palmer, author"So, so good. A treasure. Exactly as brilliant as I thought it would be" – Dan Smith, author"A wonder of a book … brilliantly clever, eerie tale by the legendary Marcus Sedgwick." – Emma Carroll, author"Fast-paced and engaging … Set during the Covid-19 pandemic, Sedgwick accurately conveys how the combined threat of climate change, and the pandemic negatively affected people’s lives." – Children's Books Ireland"Standard Sedgwick. Brilliant and everything the children’s book industry requires." – NetGalley review

Marcus Sedgwick was one of this generation’s most lauded and highly regarded writers for children and young people, having published over forty books including acclaimed Midwinterblood and The Monsters We Deserve. He won multiple prestigious awards, most notably the Michael L. Printz Award, the Branford Boase Award, the BookTrust Teenage Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award, and was shortlisted for numerous others, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal five times

"Such a delicately wrought and cleverly done piece of climate fiction, told through the lens of teenagers' lives. Really beautiful" – Lauren James, author"A brilliantly unsettling novel that readers will race through!" – Sarah Crossan, author"Meaningful. Powerful. Wonderful" – Tom Palmer, author"So, so good. A treasure. Exactly as brilliant as I thought it would be" – Dan Smith, author"A wonder of a book … brilliantly clever, eerie tale by the legendary Marcus Sedgwick." – Emma Carroll, author"Fast-paced and engaging … Set during the Covid-19 pandemic, Sedgwick accurately conveys how the combined threat of climate change, and the pandemic negatively affected people’s lives." – Children's Books Ireland"Standard Sedgwick. Brilliant and everything the children’s book industry requires." – NetGalley review