The Boy Who Lost His Spark
  • Published:
    Oct-2022 (Hardcover)
    Apr-2025 (Paperback)
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    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    112
  • Age Level:
    01-03
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The award-winning author of Hamnet rejoins the illustrator of Where Snow Angels Go for a mischievous tale of ancient magic and modern-day moodiness. Someone here was sad but pretending not to be. . . . Someone -- and this thought made a smile curl up on its face -- needed some nouka-mischief. When Jem and his family first move to a small town, he struggles with his new life. The unhappier he grows, the stranger things become -- mischief and chaos seem to bloom everywhere. His sister Verity is sure it is the work of a “nouka,” an ancient creature that lives deep down inside the hill above the town -- a creature forged from the sparks of a long-extinct volcano. Jem is adamant that there is no such thing. But it is through the magic and mayhem of this small mystical creature that Jem finally finds a sense of belonging, a sense of home -- and once again discovers a spark of magic.
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    •  
    • Apr-2025
    • Candlewick
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1536240427
    • ISBN13: 9781536240429
    • First Edition
    • Oct-2022
    • Walker Books (UK)
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1406392014
    • ISBN13: 9781406392012
    •  
    • Apr-2025
    • Candlewick
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1536233935
    • ISBN13: 9781536233933
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    • Apr-2025
    • Candlewick
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1536250163
    • ISBN13: 9781536250169
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    • Apr-2025
    • Walker Books US
    • eBook (Kindle)



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