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Out on 13 August 2026

Keedie

Ages 9 to 11

Synopsis

Read by Georgia De Gildow, star of CBBC's A Kind of Spark

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark comes a powerful coming-of-age story from award-winning author Elle McNicoll.


As Keedie and her twin Nina approach their fourteenth birthday, they seem to only be growing further apart. Keedie instead feels drawn to, and fiercely protective of, their quiet younger sister Addie – who on the surface is the opposite of loud and fiery Keedie, but in fact they have more in common than anyone knows.

'This is a novel filled with love - not only Keedie’s love for Addie but McNicoll’s for young neurodivergent people everywhere, and the brilliant and brave Keedie will inspire those children to be proud of who they are' The Bookseller

'A brilliant story of kindness, justice and just a little bit of revenge. Brash, bold and furious, just like Keedie herself' Lizzie Huxley-Jones


Don't miss Elle McNicoll's other books for young readers:

  • A Kind of Spark
  • Show Us Who You Are
  • Like a Charm
  • Like a Curse

Details

13 August 2026
260 pages
Elle McNicoll, Georgia de Gidlow
9781037411021
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Reviews

'This is a novel filled with love . . . for young neurodivergent people everywhere, and the brilliant and brave Keedie will inspire those children to be proud of who they are' – The Bookseller
'A brilliant story of kindness, justice and just a little bit of revenge.' – Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author of Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend
'McNicoll is one of the most exciting talents on the children’s publishing scene and, along with her publisher Knights Of, has transformed the representation of neurodivergent children in literature.'The Bookseller, The Bookseller