{"product_id":"letters-from-the-upside-by-katya-balen","title":"Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 28 JAN 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA captivating story about finding friendship and hope … and a place where you can spread your wings. From Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen. Con has been angry ever since Dad left.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe doesn’t want to be. He wants to play FIFA with his best friend Kyron; to make his mum proud; to let people’s words about his dad roll off him like water. Instead, rage builds inside him until he explodes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow even Kyron is scared of him. And when Con gets suspended from school he knows he’s let everyone down. The good person he longs to be feels unreachable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then his neighbour, Mr Williams, lets him in on a secret. Up on the roof of Con’s building, Mr Williams keeps homing pigeons. Their feathers are the colour of pearls and storm clouds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery day they fly out, carrying messages to people in other towns before finding their way home. Mr Williams wants Con’s help looking after them. Con can’t believe it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow could someone like him be trusted with these delicate creatures? But slowly, Con begins to believe that he can. Then Mr Williams goes away for a few days. Con is left in charge, and he begins to wonder whether the pigeons might be able to bring home more than just messages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps they could find his dad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback | Publication: 28 Jan 2027, Bloomsbury \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526663948\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 304 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57760323797374,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781526663948.jpg?v=1785250220","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/letters-from-the-upside-by-katya-balen","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}