Set in a future Australia in a time when there are no bees and children are employed to scramble through the fruit trees with feather wands, like the pear farmers of Hanyuan in China do today. Peony wants to be a bee, a hand pollinator. She's light, fast, and even though she's a year too young, she's going to be the best bee the farm has ever seen...except when you're only 9, it's hard to get everyone around you to go along with your plan. A beautiful and fierce novel for middle grade readers, 'How to Bee' explores an all-too-possible dystopian social landscape with an intensely compelling and original voice.

About the Author
Twice nominated for the Carnegie Medal, winner and shortlistee for the Australian Children's Book of the year, twice winner of New Zealand Children's Book of the Year, amongst many other accolades, Bren's books are set in climate changed worlds and can truly be described as 'award-winning'. Bren writes wild adventures for those curious about the future and hopes her stories give them courage, ideas and the language to talk about the future they'd like to see.

Reviews

How to Bee is a moving, intelligent novel, offering plenty of food for thought and a cast of appealing- and not so appealing - characters which linger with you long after the story is finished...

-- Sue Wilsher * North Somerset Teachers' Book Award blog *

How to Bee is perfect. It gave me the same shivers as Skellig. Not a word is wasted and the voice is compelling. This is a future classic.

-- Louise Nettleton * Bookmurmuration blog *


Awards
Winner of CBCA Book of the Year (Younger readers) 2018 (Australia) and Wright Family Foundation Esther Glenn Award for Junior Fiction 2018 (New Zealand). Long-listed for North Somerset Teachers' Book Award 2018 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9781910646441
Author Bren MacDibble
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Old Barn Books
Publisher Old Barn Books
Weight(grams) 255g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 18mm