The Deepest Breath
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Eleven-year-old Stevie is an avid reader and she knows a lot of things about a lot of things. But these are the things she'd like to know the most:
- The ocean and all the things that live there and why it's so scary
- The stars and all the constellations
- How phones work
- What happened to Princess Anastasia
- Knots
Knowing things makes Stevie feel safe, powerful, and in control should anything bad happen. And with the help of her mom, she is finding the tools to manage her anxiety.
But thereβs one something Stevie doesnβt know, one thing she wants to understand above everything else, and one thing she isn't quite ready to share with her mom: the fizzy feeling she gets in her chest when she looks at her friend, Chloe. What does it mean and why isn't she ready to talk about it?
In this poetic exploration of identity and anxiety, Stevie must confront her fears to find inner freedom all while discovering it is our connections with others that make us stronger.
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Meg Grehan is a writer originally from County Louth, but is now hiding away in Donegal in the northwest corner of Ireland, with a very ginger girlfriend, an even more ginger dog, and an undisclosed number of cats (none of whom is ginger). In 2018, she won the EillΓs Dillon award from Childrenβs Books Ireland. She is currently studying film and likes cake and rain; dislikes going outside. Website: megcathwrites.wordpress.com Twitter & Instagram: @megcathwrites
