Saving Celeste

Description

In this incredibly moving and powerful story about climate change by one of France's greatest writers for children, the world is run by !ndustry and the only thing that matters is to buy, buy, buy. People live in crowded cities where cars are stacked vertically and shopping centres run miles into the sky. On the day Celeste starts school on the 110th floor of a tower block, she meets a lonely, young boy. The next day she doesn't return. Her blood has become as polluted as the seas and rivers. On a mission to save her, the boy battles the forces of !ndustry and takes her far, far away. Will the world realise the truth of Celeste's disease? Will there be time for her, and the planet, to recover?

Timothee de Fombelle is the author of Toby Alone - a thrilling tale of heroism, friendship and survival - and its sequel, Toby Alone and the Secrets of the Tree. Award-winning translator of Eye of the Wolf and the Golem series.

Featured in The Bookseller's November previews. * The Bookseller * Saving Celeste is moving and powerful story about climate change by one of France's greatest writers for children, Timothee de Fombelle. * The Irish Independent * a truly powerful read * Books Up North * Beautifully written and charmingly simple, Saving Celeste is a hopeful tale about both an individual's power to change things, and how our collective responsibilities to each other and to the earth are one and the same. * Cheshire Education Library Services blog * This novella is still remarkably relevant since its 2009 publication, as well as hopeful. * CLPE, "October New Books Roundup" *