Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin - POS Packs

Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin - POS Packs

'Climb up here, Little Alien. Sit next to me. I will tell you about life on this planet. I will tell you how it goes.'

Tender, life-affirming and full of humour, Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin is the story of a young girl growing up in the nineties and noughties, trying to navigate a world that makes her feel like she’s from another planet. It’s about the wonder of books and libraries and the power of language in finding a path that fits when you yourself do not.

'Wise and playful and tender and beautiful' Bobby Palmer

To celebrate the publication of this incredible new story, Quercus are offering 50 lucky libraries the chance to receive a pack of Life Hacks for a Little Alien POS. As part of this pack, we are asking readers to tell us what is the book that made them, the book that changed their life. There are postcards in the pack for them to fill in and pegs/string for the libraries to display the answers.

Each pack will include the following:

  • 2 x A3 posters
  • 36 x die cut bookmarks
  • 1 x book club pack, including a letter and book list from the author and book club questions
  • 36 x double postcards, asking ‘Which book made you?’
  • Mini pegs and string to display readers’ responses

About the book

Little Alien lives with her mum and her dad in the South-East of England. Her mum has a 'how-to' guide for every situation, and her dad is always kind and always right. And there is her best friend Bobby, who coincidentally has a bob.

But it is only when Little Alien sees a documentary about the Voynich Manuscript - a mediaeval codex written in an unknown language and script - that she begins to suspect that there are other people who feel just like her. Convinced that translating this manuscript will offer the answers she needs, she sets out on a journey that will show her a delicious taste of freedom.

So begins Little Alien's story, told from the perspective of an older, wiser linguist, whose guidance will help Little Alien navigate a world that makes her feel like she doesn't belong.

How to take part

This is one pack per public library. If you are ordering more than one pack (to disperse to other libraries in your region) you need to also email Kathleen.Ktorides@readingagency.org.uk to notify her of the individual library names that the packs will be used at. Alternatively, you can do individual orders for each library in the shop.

You can order the packs until 13 Jan 2025 but they may sell out before this date.

The publisher will be dispatching your resources. They will receive a dispatch list with your contact name and work address (which you give) for delivery. They will only deliver the pack requested and the dispatch list will then be deleted after the packs have been sent.


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