Adele asked Wendy Orr:

I adore Peeling the Onion. It is by far one of my favourite books of all time. It also seems to be written in a style and for an audience that you don't typically write for. Any chance that you'll branch out into a similar format and audience again?

Wendy Orr Thanks very much; that's very special to hear. It's true that I dipped back into a younger audience after Peeling the Onion, (and also an older one, with The House at Evelyn's Pond, which is adult). My next one, Dragonfly Song, which will be out in Australia in July, is in some ways a cross between Nim and Onion as far as readers; my publisher is setting the age level at 10-13, but it's longer than Peeling the Onion, and about half is in free verse. It's set in prehistoric Greece, but I feel there's some similarity to Onion because it explores emotions and darkness, albeit in a very different way.

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