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Wild Journey
'A joy to read!' Sophie Anderson
'The perfect gift for a curious child' Louie Stowell
'Beautiful, breathtaking' Hannah Gold
A linked collection of contemporary adventure stories for 7+ readers - inspired by the starling's migratory journey - infused with courage, resilience, empathy and hope.
A story collection reflecting an important part of every child's life. Five children in different parts of the world are connected by the captivating flight of starling murmurations. A runaway, a rescue, a desert drama, from Egypt to Morocco, across Spain and France, the starlings swoop and dive, glide and soar - as the children watching them begin their own journeys.
Illustrated in striking black and orange with illustrations on every page.
'The perfect gift for a curious child' Louie Stowell
'Beautiful, breathtaking' Hannah Gold
A linked collection of contemporary adventure stories for 7+ readers - inspired by the starling's migratory journey - infused with courage, resilience, empathy and hope.
A story collection reflecting an important part of every child's life. Five children in different parts of the world are connected by the captivating flight of starling murmurations. A runaway, a rescue, a desert drama, from Egypt to Morocco, across Spain and France, the starlings swoop and dive, glide and soar - as the children watching them begin their own journeys.
Illustrated in striking black and orange with illustrations on every page.
136 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 6, 2025
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About the author
A.M. Dassu
19 books55 followersA. M. Dassu is a multi award-winning writer of both non-fiction and fiction including the internationally acclaimed novel Boy, Everywhere, one of The Guardian’s, Bookriot’s, Kirkus’s, American Library Association's Booklist's, CLPE's and BookTrust’s Best Children’s Book of the Year. It has coveted starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist and Publisher’s Weekly and is also an American Library Association's Notable Book. Boy, Everywhere also featured as one of The Guardian’s Children’s Best New Novels on publication in October 2020, is on Amnesty’s Books That Inspire Activism list and has been listed for 25 awards including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and Carnegie Medal, and is the 2021 winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Fiction.
A. M. Dassu is former Deputy Editor, now Advisory Board member of Words & Pictures magazine for children's writers and illustrators, and a Director of Inclusive Minds, a unique organisation for people who are passionate about inclusion, diversity, equality, and accessibility in children’s literature. A. M. Dassu is patron of The Other Side of Hope, a new literary magazine edited by immigrants and refugees, which serves to celebrate the refugee and immigrant communities worldwide. She is also one of The National Literacy Trust‘s Connecting Stories campaign authors, aiming to help inspire a love of reading and writing in children and young people.
A. M. Dassu grew up in the Midlands dreaming of becoming a writer but studied economics instead and worked in marketing and project management before realising her dream. Her work has been published by The Huffington Post, Times Educational Supplement, SCOOP Magazine, Lee and Low Books, Old Barn Books, Scholastic, DK Books and Harper Collins. She writes books that challenge stereotypes, humanise the “other” and are full of empathy, hope and heart. You can also find her on Twitter @a_reflective or Instagram @a.m.dassu
A. M. Dassu is former Deputy Editor, now Advisory Board member of Words & Pictures magazine for children's writers and illustrators, and a Director of Inclusive Minds, a unique organisation for people who are passionate about inclusion, diversity, equality, and accessibility in children’s literature. A. M. Dassu is patron of The Other Side of Hope, a new literary magazine edited by immigrants and refugees, which serves to celebrate the refugee and immigrant communities worldwide. She is also one of The National Literacy Trust‘s Connecting Stories campaign authors, aiming to help inspire a love of reading and writing in children and young people.
A. M. Dassu grew up in the Midlands dreaming of becoming a writer but studied economics instead and worked in marketing and project management before realising her dream. Her work has been published by The Huffington Post, Times Educational Supplement, SCOOP Magazine, Lee and Low Books, Old Barn Books, Scholastic, DK Books and Harper Collins. She writes books that challenge stereotypes, humanise the “other” and are full of empathy, hope and heart. You can also find her on Twitter @a_reflective or Instagram @a.m.dassu
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December 31, 2025
5 wholesome stories linked by a loving flutter of feathers. Each story looks at a different challenge a young person might face. I could see it being enjoyed by kids who have enjoyed books by Onjali Rauf, Palaccio and other authors who explore big issues in an ultimately wholesome way.
My only criticism is that I would have liked the starlings as a symbol to have felt a bit more consistently integrated. They're very central to the first story and are explored a lot in that but after that, the connection feels a bit forced? Would have been good if the knowledge of them was a bit more evenly spread throughout the book?
My only criticism is that I would have liked the starlings as a symbol to have felt a bit more consistently integrated. They're very central to the first story and are explored a lot in that but after that, the connection feels a bit forced? Would have been good if the knowledge of them was a bit more evenly spread throughout the book?
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