A Kind of Spark

As seen on BBC TV Winner of the Waterstones Best Book for Younger Readers and overall winner Winner of the Blue Peter Prize for Best Story A story about friendship, courage and self-belief, perfect for fans of The Goldfish Boy. Meet Addie, she's eleven and officially on a mission to make her voice heard! When she discovers that her small Scottish town once put "witches" on trial, she knows she has to act. After all, if anyone understands what it's like to be misunderstood for being different, it's Addie. It's time to start a spark that will change everything . . . 'A remarkable debut' - The Sunday Times: Book of the Week 'Definitive and funny' - Susin Nielsen, author of We Are All Made of Molecules 'A fabulous, brilliant debut' - Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy Don't miss the prequel to A Kind of Spark! KEEDIE is available now.

Elle McNicoll is a bestselling and award-winning novelist and screenwriter. Her debut, A Kind of Spark, won the Blue Peter Book Award and the Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, as well as Blackwell's Book of 2020. She is a four time Carnegie nominated author, and was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards 2020, 2021 and 2022, the Branford Boase Award 2020 and The Little Rebels Award 2020 and 2021. She was also honoured in the US with the Schneider Award, 2022. Her second novel, Show Us Who You Are, was Blackwell's Book of the Month and one of The Bookseller's Best Books of 2021. Her first fantasy middle grade, Like a Charm, was nominated for Best Children's Book for Older Readers in the first ever Week Junior Book Awards, and was highly praised in the New York Times. Her debut novel, A Kind of Spark, has also been adapted for television, is Emmy nominated and won Best Children's Programme at the Broadcast Awards and a Royal Television Society Award. She is twice nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the winner of the 2025 Books Are My Bag Young Adult Readers Award for Wish You Were Her. Her adult debut, Unapologetic Love Story, published in 2026.