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Simply 'buzzing' about this one!
I loved this book. When books are, as this one is, short, fast-paced and quite quick reads they need to be incredibly well crafted and I felt like this one... READ MORE
moving and thought provoking
This story takes a very unique look at a world falling apart due to human advancement.
Very fast paced and full of undercurrents of tension. The characters... READ MORE
dystopian, but lovely and optimistic
How to Bee is set in a dystopian future where children climb around trees to pollinate flowers. This theme is currently explored in a number of adult title... READ MORE
Synopsis
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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Old Barn Books
- ISBN: 9781910646441
- Number of pages: 224
- Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 18 mm
- Interest age: From 9 years
- Weight: 255g
- Languages: English