Join us for a signing with award winning and bestselling author Elle McNicoll to celebrate the publication of her brand new book, Role Model, a timely novel for middle grade and teen readers. Role Model follows 13 year old neurodivergent Aeriel Sharpe whose life changes overnight when her mother is elected as the country's most eminent politician (yes, that one). With the eyes of the world on her, and the expectation of her to be the voice of every autistic teenager out there, Aeriel must find a way to speak for herself. Role Model is suitable for readers 8+ Elle McNicoll is the author of A Kind of Spark, winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Debut Fiction Prize, and was crowned Blackwells Book of the Year in 2020. In 2023, A Kind of Spark was adapted by the BBC, which went on to win Best Children's Programme at the Royal Television Society and Broadcast Awards, as well as being nominated for an Emmy. It is listed in the 100 greatest children's books of all time. Her other middle grade books include Show Us Who You Are, Keedie, Like A Charm, and Like A Curse. Elle is also the author of Young Adult romances Some Like it Cold and Wish You Were Her. She is a five time Carnegie nominee. This is a free, ticketless event but please register your interest with a bookseller. Attendees are welcome to bring any of Elle's books they have to be signed.
