{"title":"Books by Bren MacDibble","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781910646670","title":"Across the Risen Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the multi award-winning Australian author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Bee\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Dog Runner\u003c\/em\u003e, another original and heartfelt middle-grade fiction adventure, exploring themes of loyalty, resilience, courage and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeoma and Jag and their small community are 'living gentle lives' on high ground surrounded by the risen sea that has caused widespread devastation. When strangers from the Valley of the Sun arrive unannounced, the friends find themselves drawn into a web of secrecy and lies that endangers their whole way of life. Soon, daring, loyal Neoma must set off on a solo mission across the risen sea, determined to rescue her best friend and find the truth that will save her village.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205819236530,"sku":"9781910646670","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781910646670.jpg?v=1786029687"},{"product_id":"9781910646816","title":"The Raven's Song","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonour Book, Australian Children’s Book Council Book of the Year 2023. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Raven’s Song\u003c\/em\u003e alternates between the stories of Phoenix, who lives in a near-future world impacted by climate change and a devastating pandemic; and Shelby, one hundred years in the future in a post-pandemic, post-pollution, post-city world where each community is exactly three hundred and fifty people sustainably subsisting on seven hundred hectares. The story of a world that is beginning to fall apart, and a chance to see it all put back together, \u003cem\u003eThe Raven’s Song\u003c\/em\u003e is a vision of hope for the future, seen through the eyes of the young people who will fight for it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205819400370,"sku":"9781910646816","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781910646816_27246185-4a19-461d-b8f6-54faa72e3ee0.jpg?v=1786029690"},{"product_id":"9781761180781","title":"The Apprentice Witnesser","description":"WINNER: 2024 Best Children's Fiction, Aurealis Awards\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED: 2025 Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults \u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED: 2025 Fiction Prize, Environment Award for Children's Literature\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED: 2025 Children's Book of the Year, WA Premier's Book Awards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat's what my photos are. Little moments. All the good moments, the kind moments, the moments of care and love that, if you add them all together, make a life sweet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBastienne Scull is a young orphan who lives with the local Witnesser of Miracles, Lodyma Darsey, who investigates 'miraculous events' and spins them into stories she tells at the night markets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Lodyma's husband and elder son died of a sickness that continues to sweep the land, she sent her teenage son Osmin into the hills to live with the mountain men. That was ten years ago, and Lodyma doesn't know if he's alive or dead. And she's taken Bastienne as an apprentice to fill the void of her lost family. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day, two young boys arrive in town asking Lodyma to go on a mysterious mission to a monastery. And when Lodyma and Bastienne arrive, what they discover will change their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wonderful novel, full of hope, courage, resilience and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A classic MacDibble: young Basti is a delight as she searches for her strength and a family in a post-apocalyptic world, leaving us with a glimmer of hope for her future and our own.' - Wendy Orr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bren MacDibble has become well-known for her unique and heartfelt adventure novels ... and \u003ci\u003eThe Apprentice Witnesser\u003c\/i\u003e, is no exception... She is particularly astute at writing timely and inventive stories exploring the impacts of climate change. [There are] plenty of twists for younger readers who enjoy a good dash of marvel and intrigue with their adventure stories. MacDibble's use of language is unparalleled, and she illustrates hope and resilience through her characters.' - \u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Publishing \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304016916853,"sku":"9781761180781","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781761180781_2dceaddd-23c2-41d0-b2d2-c87435e394fb.jpg?v=1786024344"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-bren-macdibble.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}