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To The Other Side

On sale

14th March 2023

Price: £14.99

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Selected: Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781444971774

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A powerful and timely story, exploring the journey of two young refugee children in search of safety. Perfect for opening up conversations about conflict and war, encouraging empathy and understanding.

A young boy and his older sister have left home to play a game. To win, she tells him, they must travel across endless lands together and make it to the finish line.

Children they meet along the way imagine what might be waiting for them across the border: A spotted dog? Ice cream! Or maybe a new school. But the journey is difficult, and the monsters are more real than they imagined.

And when it no longer feels like a game, the two children must still find a way to forge ahead, and reach the other side.

Beautifully brought to life by author-illustrator Erika Meza, this is a symbolic and emotionally rich picture book about the spirit and strength it takes to leave your home behind.

Reviews

Jarvis, creator of The Boy with Flowers in His Hair
This book is beautiful. Beautifully illustrated. Beautifully told.
Yamile Saied Méndez, author of Where Are You From?
A powerful and moving story.
Irish Independent
A thoughtful, profound, important book
Steven Lenton
The palette, the characters, the compositions, the message and author's note are simply impeccable
Steve Antony, creator of Mr Panda
One of the best picture books I've read in recent memory. Astounding.
Flavia Z. Drago
This perceptive and exquisitely illustrated picture book will leave its readers questioning the complex reality of child migration
Kirkus Reviews
A gorgeously rendered, heartbreaking look at one family's. migration experience
Belfast Telegraph
The perfect starting point to open up conversations about love and war
Publishers Weekly
Powerful . . . a realistic but hopeful look at two children's emigration
Mark Bradley, creator of Bumble and Snug
I cannot recommend it enough - it is an incredible book