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Locked Out Lily
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the story concept, illustrations and characters are amazing
I think “Locked Out Lily” is a great book; the story concept, illustrations and characters are amazing.
It’s a stunning thriller with beautiful black and white illustrations aimed at older audiences about a girl named Lily, who has a horrible illness, whose parents head to the hospital to give birth to the baby sibling Lily doesn’t want. They leave Lily with her grandmother but she leaves to go back to her own house and finds weird, unwelcoming beings that look like her parents but want her out of the house.
I think the best character is Lily because of her courage to overcome her fears.
It is a well-written and illustrated book that I would certainly recommend and rate five stars.
About the Book
This is an atmospheric, slightly unnerving story about a girl called Lily whose life is changing in ways that are beyond her control – she is unwell and now she’s about to become a reluctant sister.
Lily just wants things to go back to the way they were, so when she’s sent away to stay with her grandmother while her mum has the baby, Lily is determined to return her home, expecting to find it empty. But she discovers people at the house who look like her parents, but definitely aren’t …
Together with some unlikely animal companions, Lily must face her fears and summon the courage to break into her own house, and defeat ‘The Replacements’ before the night is out.
Nick Lake is the author of this imaginative story about family and friendship and the intricate illustrations that complement the spooky atmosphere of the text are the work of the award-winning artist Emily Gravett.
Author
Nick Lake
Nick Lake is a British author born in Hexham in 1979, who spent part of his childhood in Luxembourg before returning to England for university. He writes award‑winning young adult and middle‑grade fiction — his novel In Darkness won the Michael L. Printz Award, and other works such as Hostage Three and Nowhere on Earth have also earned critical acclaim and award nominations. When he isn’t writing, Lake works as a fiction‑publishing director at HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Illustrator
Emily Gravett
Emily Gravett (born 1972 in Brighton, England) is a celebrated children’s author and illustrator, best known for her inventive and beautifully drawn picture books. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice — for 'Wolves' (her debut) and 'Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears'. Gravett combines playful storytelling with creative, interactive illustrations, living in Brighton with her family
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