Rat's friend Jackdaw is worried – Rat hasn't been herself lately. It seems like she is somewhere else ... somewhere sad. Rat wishes she could tell Jackdaw what's been troubling her, but she doesn't have the words.

So, instead, she runs out by herself just as a storm starts rolling in. Lost, alone and frightened in the belly of the storm, at her lowest moment Rat meets an unexpected friend who teaches her to listen to the storm – screaming its loneliness and singing its sadness – and helps her to find her own voice.

A moving, cathartic and sensitive exploration of depression, from the creator of Circles in the Sky.

Creators

Karl James Mountford has created cover artwork and illustrations for many successful fiction titles such as The Uncommoners by Jennifer Bell, Taylor and Rose Secret Agents by Katherine Woodfine and The Peculiars by Kieran Larwood. He has also worked on picture books including Maurice the Unbeastly by Amy Dixon and The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth by Ellie Hattie. Karl lives in Wales. You can find him on Instagram as @karljamesmountford and on Twitter as @karlj_mountford.

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