Wisp

Subtitle: A Story of Hope
By: Zana Fraillon
Illustrated by: Grahame Baker Smith
Genre: YBC - Picture books
Published by: Lothian Children's Books
Published: 28 Aug 2018
ISBN: 9780734418043

Description

A refugee story of extraordinary power and beauty from the Amnesty CILIP Honour-winning author of The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon, and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning illustrator Grahame Baker Smith. Idris is a child refugee, born into a world of tents and fences. He has known no other life than this. He has no memories of the world outside.

Then the Wisp arrives, floating in on the evening breeze. Everyone who holds it finds their memories reawakened, their hopes of freedom reborn. But what about Idris, who has no memories? What will happen when he holds the magical Wisp? Storytelling and imagination have the power to offer hope in this extraordinary picture book.