{"id":514,"date":"2024-01-25T12:15:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/?p=514"},"modified":"2024-01-25T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:15:36","slug":"finding-my-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/2024\/01\/25\/finding-my-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding my voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71bRi9u+n5L._SY466_.jpg\" width=\"311\" height=\"466\" \/>A two-colour graphic novel about speaking-up and standing out when you feel different. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold\">How do you find your voice when everyone around you is telling you to be quiet?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Frankie is different, and so is her best-friend, Sam. So when they both start secondary school, it&#8217;s tough. Particularly when there are so many rules to follow, like: No talking in class! Be quiet in the hallways! Silence for assembly!<\/p>\n<p>Frankie doesn&#8217;t know how she&#8217;ll manage, because constantly talking is how she copes. So when she gets the chance to compete in a\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Battle of the Bands<\/span>\u00a0contest, Frankie couldn&#8217;t be more excited. Except, to have a band, you need to have band members. And to have band members, you need to be good at making friends&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Can Frankie learn to find her voice and stand out?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\">\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">A unique perspective on Autism, told with humour and heart.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Brought to life with glorious colour artwork in a distinctive blue and orange palette.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A two-colour graphic novel about speaking-up and standing out when you feel different. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier How do you find your voice when everyone around you is telling you to be quiet? Frankie is different, and so is her best-friend, Sam. So when they both start secondary school, it&#8217;s tough. Particularly when &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/2024\/01\/25\/finding-my-voice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Finding my voice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}