Firefly

Written by:  Philippa Dowding

ISBN: 9781770865983 
Price: $13.95
Format: Trade Paperback
Size: 5.375" x 8"

Ages: 9 to 12

Publication Date: February 6, 2021

 

BISAC:

JUV039140 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

JUV039070 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Homelessness & Poverty

JUV013000 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General  

“This is a terrific read from an accomplished author.” 

— Monica Kulling, author of Mary Anning's Curiosity

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“I know Philippa Dowding is better known for her speculative fiction like Oculum, The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden and Everton Miles is Stranger than Me but I think her first foray into realistic fiction has demonstrated that she has important messages to share and she doesn't need to dress them up in the fantastical. Reality can be just as powerful and colourful, even if stitched with anguish.”

— Helen Kubiw, CanLit for LittleCanadians

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Synopsis:

 

Firefly lived in the park across from her mother’s home. It was safer there. But after the bad night happens, and her baseball-bat-wielding mother is taken away, social services sends Firefly to live with her Aunt Gayle. She hardly knows Gayle, but discovers that she owns a costume shop.

 

Yes, Firefly might be suffering from PTSD, but she can get used to taking baths, sleeping on a bed again, and wearing as many costumes as she can to school.

 

But where is “home”? What is “family”? Who is Firefly, for that matter … and which costume is the real one?