![]() While her son is on the run from the law, ravaging his own path of wild destruction, Grace reads books and studies facts of nature, the chemistry of fireflies, blazing trails of dying comets, ultraviolet visions of butterflies, looking for clues to her son’s nature. Grace Larson tells the gripping story of the storm that caused her to go into labor prematurely and give birth to Cole, who becomes as menacing and dangerous as the force of nature out of which he was born. Written with cinematic flair and luminous intensity, Bite the Stars opens with a tornado that whips into motion the whirlwind events of a young woman’s life. debut of the gifted Canadian author, Eliza Clark. Created by an author acclaimed for her adult fiction, this is Eliza Clark’s first children’s book, a wise and wonderful story that will capture both children and adults alike.īite the Stars marks the U.S. Butterflies and Bottlecapsis a lyrical, gentle tale, with a moral as light as gossamer and ethereal illustrations to match. When the little girl meets a friend who has ‘bottlecaps for hair that glittered, gold as the sun’ she appreciates not only her friend’s peculiar charms, but gains a deeper respect for her own perfect self. Her journey of self discovery shows her that what makes her different is exactly what makes her special. Splendidly set against the natural world of wild flowers, rivers, birds and insects,in which every creature is unique, Clark’s lyrical prose leads us through the girl’s yearnings to be the same as everyone else. ‘So begins Eliza Clark’s tender and delightful story about a beautiful girl who doesn’t feel beautiful. Fly away hair: a tale of what makes us different and special.’Once there was a little girl who had butterflies for hair.
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