In this episode of the Your Kid’s Next Read Friday First Chapters series:
Cristy Burne reads ‘One Day Soon’
Award-winning author Cristy Burne reads from ‘One Day Soon’, her moving middle-grade verse novel about Motor Neurone Disease
About Cristy Burne
Cristy Burne is an award-winning, internationally published Australian author working at the intersection of story, science, technology and creativity.
Cristy is a trained scientist and has worked for 20 years as a science communicator. She has also worked as a garbage analyst, a teacher and as Santa’s pixie.
Cristy writes books brimming with her love for all things science, adventure and creativity. Her work has been shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Book Awards and the Wilderness Society’s Environment Award, won the WA Young Readers’ Book Award, and been recognised as Notable by the Children’s Book Council of Australia.
About ‘One Day Soon’
What if one day soon never comes?
When Alex’s parents receive a message that brings shocking news, his whole world is turned upside-down: Alex’s uncle has been diagnosed with a genetic form of Motor Neurone Disease. The ripple effect is immediate – it means his dad has a fifty per cent chance of carrying the fatal gene. And if Dad has the gene, Alex has a fifty per cent chance of carrying it, too.
But even as Alex grapples with mortality, he discovers the unexpected joy, deep love and impromptu dance parties that come from living closer to death.
Told in verse, One Day Soon is a story of how, ultimately, a few special moments can matter most.
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