Elle McNicoll is a bestselling and award-winning novelist. Her debut, A Kind of Spark, was a Schneider Family Honor title, an overall winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and a Blackwell's Book of the Year. She has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal and was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, the Branford Boase Award, and the Little Rebels Children's Book Award. Her second novel, Show Us Who You Are, was a Blackwell's Book of the Month title and one of the Bookseller's Best Book of the year. She is an advocate for better representation of neurodiversity in publishing and currently lives in London.

"Keedie's a well-realized character, opinionated and willing to stand up for those in need....A neurodivergent protagonist whom middle-grade readers will root for." --Kirkus Reviews

"[A] wonderful, sparkling lens that readers will not only enjoy, but will also connect them to an understanding of how differences should be positive....McNicoll has crafted another ­wonderful story representing tween neurodivergence." --School Library Journal

"Keedie is highly articulate, and she has a lot to say, resulting in a talky novel that veers toward a nonfiction introduction to autism spectrum disorder, but its strength lies in that very voice." --The Horn Book

Publisher: Yearling Books

Pub date: 2026-10-20

Length: 208 pages