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The Girl Who Became a Tree: A Story Told in Poems Hardcover – May 1, 2021

by Joseph Coelho (Author), Kate Milner (Illustrator)

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Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021 Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened she recalls memories of shared times and stories past, and in facing the darkness she finds a way back from the tangle of fear and confusion, to feel connected once more with her friends and family. The Girl Who Became a Tree sees Joseph Coelho deploy a wide variety of poetic forms with consummate skill in its narration of events. He seamlessly but searingly weaves together the ancient legend of Daphne, who was turned into a tree to avoid the attentions of the god Apollo, and a totally modern tale, mixing real-life and fantasy, in which a latter-day Daphne seeks her own freedom. This a heart-stoppingly imaginative story told in poems, at times bleak and even tragic, which is layered, rich and ultimately a tour de force of poetic skill and energy.

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"Rich with metaphor and secret meaning, his poetry is deeply welcoming, and his sensibility is both mythic and urban." —Guardian Fresh Voices: 50 Writers You Should Read Now

"Finally, something slightly different. I think publishers and bookshops are missing a trick with poetry. They seem to stock poetry collections for younger children and adult poetry from the historical to the contemporary. Where is the poetry for young adults? Beyond the bookshops, there is a dynamic and diverse spoken word scene, young people articulating their lives and experiences through rhythm, rhyme, lyricism. These are poems about childhood belonging, separated families and the stories we build when there are gaps we can’t know. My teenage daughter and I have read them together. " —Waterstones.com, Top 5 Young Adult Reads of 2017

"Ingenious...Kate Milner's extraordinary line drawings express the underlying strangeness." —Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week

"A highly readable, imaginative tale with a positive message. Coelho's poems are succinct, thought-provoking and original." —The Independent

"The talented and inventive Joseph Coelho last month published The Girl Who Became a Tree, a story in verse that revisits the myth of Daphne. Set in a library...it plays with form and setting in a way that invites young readers in." —Imogen Russell Williams, Times Literary Supplement

"Showcasing the power of verse novels is Joseph Coelho's superb The Girl Who Became a Tree...A series of rich and varied poems is accented by Kate Milner's dark, evocative art." —Fiona Noble, The Observer

"The author combines intense imaginative power with brilliant poetic technique in a multi-layered story of loss, hurt, deception, recognition and ultimate reconciliation. Milner's evocative art adds further depth." —Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

“A brief yet challenging novel in verse that tackles the gnarly, disordered forest of the grieving process.” —Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Joseph Coelho is a performance poet and playwright. His debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules won the prestigious CLiPPA Poetry Award in 2015. His poetry collection Overheard in a Tower Block was published to great acclaim in 2019. Kate Milner studied illustration at Central St Martin's before completing an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University. Kate won the V&A Illustration Award 2016 and the Klaus Flugge Prize 2018 for My name is not Refugee. Her most recent book is It's a No-Money Day.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Otter-Barry Books (May 1, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1913074781
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1913074784
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NP0L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.9 x 7.75 inches

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- #822 in Poetry for Teens & Young Adults
- #2,364 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Death & Dying
- #594,536 in Children's Books (Books)

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Joseph Coelho - Children's Author, Poet and Playwright

‘Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Picture Book Award 2019 for If All the World were’

(Also Shortlisted for the insugural Booktrust Storytime Prize)

Long-listed for The Carnegie Children's Award with his poetry collection 'Overheard In A Tower Block' illustrated by Kate Milner (also shortlisted for the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award and Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards.).

Winner of the 2015 CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award with his debut poetry collection 'Werewolf Club Rules.' Illustrated by John O'leary.

His debut Picture Book with Fiona Lumbers 'Luna Loves Library Day' was voted one of the nations favourite picture books by a survey led by World Book Day.

His writing has been described as "sensitive" and "Lyrical."

"I had the good fortune of working with young people and students in classrooms up and down the country over 16 years. This gave me a feel for the way young people think, for the things they want to read about, for the stories and poems they are hungry for. When I write, I write for all those young people I've met over the years, those who couldn't find a book that dealt with an issue they wanted to discuss, those who couldn't find a character who looked like them, those hungry for a story in a world they recognise."

His books include 'If All The World Were...' Illustrated by Allison Colpoys, the non-fiction title 'How To Write Poems' Illustrated by Matt Robertson and A Year Of Nature Illustrated by Kelly Louise Judd (2019).

His poems have appeared in many anthologies including 'A Poem For Every Day Of The Year' ed. Allie Essiri and Jacqueline Wilson's 'Green Glass beads.'

He has written plays for companies including: Soho Theatre, Polka Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre, Theatre Royal York, Oily Cart and The Spark Children's Festival to name a few. His plays have received special note from Soho's Verity Bargate Award and The Bruntwood Playwriting Competition and he has spent many years touring and performing his work...

"The years spent performing to children as an actor and performance poet enabled me to take my work to children who would otherwise not get to see theatre or possibly read a book, I've performed in libraries and school halls, community centres and tents and have had to discover on the front-line how to make my words land. If you can't capture a child with your words and performance they will simply walk out on you. In that environment you learn all the tools for grabbing attention, tools like pizazz! and wow-factor! For sure, but also tools like emotion and intrigue and thrills and truth."

Joseph has been a guest poet on Cbeebies Rhyme Rocket, Radio 4's Poetry Playtime and Front Row. He is the presenter of BBC's Teach Poetry (Oct 2018) and features in DiscoveryEDUK's Poetry Curriculum.

Follow Joseph on Instagram and Twitter and find out more at his website below.

www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com

@JosephACoelho

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Photos Courtesy of Hay Festival Paul Musso and Shannon O'Donnell