A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once

Description Share Post A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once Lucas Maxwell (Chicken House) Elias’s world is in free fall. It seems as though he cannot rely on anything in which he trusted, from Bo and Keegan’s friendship, to the tightness of the family evening meal in the snug. He knows he struggles, that his leg twitches, his hands flutter, that he finds it hard to articulate his thoughts and feelings. What’s more, he knows that Bo would once stand up for him. In fact, the latest altercation at school, with Bo suspended, is all about Bo standing up for him. However, Bo’s different. It seems he’s angry at the world, especially with home and school and the job at the sawmill. Then again, there’s Relic. Elias knows he’s a bad ‘un, not the company that Bo needs. It seems that Relic knows that Elias is scared and weak. What can he do against forces bigger than him, from Bo, to desperately Mum, to absent Dad, to the pressure of school? Will winning the talent show and a family pizza meal make things as they were once? A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once was the 2024 winner of The Times/ Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition. It is bold, brave, desperate and compelling. We feel for Elias and his family and understand Bo’s agony, and the brothers’ deep connection. Like On the Edge this novel is small and trapped, but clawing for more, for home, family and safety. Bookwagon is awed by A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once. We recommend this novel highly to our older, teen readers and their adults.