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Role Model with Elle McNicoll
9 October @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join Mr B’s as they welcome award-winning author of A Kind of Spark, Elle McNicoll, to present Role Model, her new coming-of-age novel. Role Model is a timely and heartfelt story featuring Aeriel Sharpe, the daughter of the newly elected Prime Minister and now the most famous 13-year-old in the country. Join Elle as she discusses Aeriel’s experience of being suddenly thrust into the spotlight, female friendships, and finding your voice in a world full of expectation.
About the book:
From the award-winning author of A Kind of Spark comes a new heartfelt and timely novel for middle-grade and teen readers. Aeriel Sharpe doesn’t want to be anyone’s role model. But, when her mother is elected to be the most important politician in the country (yes, that one), she is thrust into the spotlight.
With the world’s eyes on her, friends don’t seem that friendly and she feels trapped by everyone’s expectations. They want her to be the voice of every autistic teenager, but Aeriel must find a way to speak for herself… It’s not easy being thirteen…
and it’s even harder when you’re the most famous teenager in the country.
“One of the most exciting talents on the children’s publishing scene and… has transformed the representation of neurodivergent children in literature.” – The Bookseller
“Elle’s most poignant, powerful, and personal story yet. Raw and relatable, tender yet infuriating, and hugely eye-opening. An important story from a truly talented author.” – Mel Taylor-Bessent, author of Race to Imagination Island.
