Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez
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Description
Every night, tiny stars appear out of the darkness in Sandy’s bedroom.
Sandy catches them and creates wonderful creatures to play with until she falls asleep, and in the morning brings them back to life in the whimsical drawings that cover her room. One day, a mysterious pale girl called Morfie appears at school and is fascinated by Sandy’s drawings in a way that no one else has been before. But there is a price to pay for this new friendship…
Nightlights is a beautiful story about fear, insecurity, and creativity, from the enchanting imagination of Lorena Alvarez.
"This delightfully unsettling tale is told with humor and imagination and is illustrated with jewel-like panels and lots of white space. There are rewarding details to be found in every scene, especially in the lush landscapes, both real and imagined, and in the drawings within drawings. […] Young readers, especially young artists, will gobble this up." –The New York Times
"A sumptuously coloured, beautifully presented metaphor for the triumph of creativity and imagination in overcoming darkness and despair." –Broken Frontier
'Scary, strange and wondrous stuff, its terror heightened by its luminous, polychromatic beauty' – The Guardian
A sweet tale with an eerie, mysterious edge that will appeal to both adults and younger readers
For ages 6 and above
64 pp. paperback
27.3 x 0.6 x 19.7cm
Published June 2019 by Nobrow
