{"product_id":"the-girl-who-became-a-tree-a-story-told-in-poems-9781913074074","title":"The Girl Who Became a Tree: A Story Told in Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened she recalls memories of shared times and stories past, and in facing the darkness she finds a way back from the tangle of fear and confusion, to feel connected once more with her friends and family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Became a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e sees Joseph Coelho deploy a wide variety of poetic forms with consummate skill in its narration of events. He seamlessly but searingly weaves together the ancient legend of Daphne, who was turned into a tree to avoid the attentions of the god Apollo, and a totally modern tale, mixing real-life and fantasy, in which a latter-day Daphne seeks her own freedom. This a heart-stoppingly imaginative story told in poems, at times bleak and even tragic, which is layered, rich and ultimately a tour de force of poetic skill and energy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Otter-Barry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913074074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Kate Milner, Joseph Coelho","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42862806040757,"sku":"9781913074074","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0a997b4e-1f0d-4a33-993a-8db8ca8f4cdc.jpg?v=1683671099","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-girl-who-became-a-tree-a-story-told-in-poems-9781913074074","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}