News · Read Tia Fisher’s Interview in The Times
Carnegie-winner Tia Fisher has been interviewed in The Times about her “moving and compelling” (Louisa Reid) debut Crossing the Line. Subscribers can read the full article here.
Erik is trying to figure it out. One moment he’s skipping school, and the next, he’s running for his life from a drugs gang. How did everything go so wrong?
A Carnegie-winning narrative verse YA novel about a young boy’s escape from County Lines.
Crossing the Line is in the 2024 Read for Empathy collection and winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Award for Writing 2024. It has been nominated for the UK Literacy Association Book Awards 2024 (longlist), The Branford Boase Award (longlist), Dudley Children’s Book Award 2023 (winner), Southern Schools Book Award 2023 (shortlist), Cheshire Schools Award 2024 (shortlist), North East Teen Book Awards 2024 (shortlist), North Herts Schools Book Award 2024 (shortlist), the Bristol Teen Book Awards 2023 (shortlist), Wandsworth Schools Fabulous Book Award 2024 (shortlist), the Amazing Book Awards 2024 (longlist), and the Warwickshire Teen Book Awards 2023 (longlist).
Crossing the Line is out now. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.
Follow Tia on Twitter @tiafisher_.
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