A beautifully moving, exquisite and utterly original love story from Carnegie-shortlisted author Jenny Valentine. Perfect or fans of Meg Rosoff.
This is more than one story, more than one Now. But I’ll tell it as best I can.
Me? I’m Jude – like the Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Him? He’s Novo. Like nothing on earth. Literally.
In the beginning, before Novo showed up, my mum and me moved to the seaside. Then the first of July, 11.34am, Novo arrived. I was like an atom in his orbit. Alone with him, feeling the pull. Suddenly in the moment, in the Now.
Then a terrible, unthinkable Now. One that could tear my family apart. But Nows can be undone, rewritten, changed.
Goodbye to life as I know it.
And Hello Now...
<aside> 🌊 'Fabulously original and inspiring’ - Sarah Crossan, author of Toffee and One
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<aside> 🌊 'Told through the eyes of a teenager who doesn’t believe in love until one day they do, this is an utterly original and dreamy story that traverses time and logic and possibility.' - CultureFly
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<aside> 🌊 'This extraordinary novel will resonate for anyone who feels trapped in their current circumstances.' - The Times
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Jenny Valentine’s previous careers include salesperson in a wholefood shop, teaching assistant and jewellery maker. Her debut novel, Finding Violet Park (2007), was awarded the annual Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and sold into 16 territories. She followed this with Broken Soup (2008) which was shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize and the Costa Children’s Book Award. She lives with her singer/songwriter husband and two children in Glasbury-on-Wye in Wales.
Ten Questions for Jenny Valentine - Indie Thinking
UK Publisher: HarperCollins, April 2020
UK Editor: Nick Lake
US Publisher: Philomel Books
US Editor: ****Liza Kaplan
Primary Agent: Veronique Baxter
Film/TV Agent: DHA
Extent : 192 pages
Co-Agents: Chinese - Bardon Chinese Media; Japanese - Tuttle-Mori
Rights Sold: Dutch - Luitingh-Sijthoff