The Deepest Breath New

A heart-tugging verse novel. Stevie’s into reading and sea creatures. She’s also into girls. But she can’t tell anyone… Stevie’s like lots of eleven-year-old girls. She lives with her mum. She loves books. She’s been best friends with Andrew forever, and Stevie’s mum jokes that they’ll get married one day. But Stevie knows that won’t ever happen. There’s a girl at school that she likes more. A lot more. Actually, she’s a bit confused about how much she likes her. It makes her fizz inside in a weird way that’s scary as well as nice. Can girls like girls? Can they even – love them? Stevie daren’t ask. But maybe she can find the answer in a book, and even find a way to tell her mum…

• A charming verse novel written in a warm, reassuring voice

• A lesbian / LGBTQ tale of first attraction and coming out

• Meg Grehan is the award-winning author of The Space Between

• That book won the Children’s Books Ireland Eilis Dillon Award