Becoming Dinah

by Kit de Waal

"A gripping, heart-wrenching coming-of-age story" - Guardian

In her first YA novel, Costa-shortlisted Kit de Waal responds to classic Moby Dick by tearing the power away from obsessive Captain Ahab and giving it to a teenage girl.

Dinah's whole world is upside down, dead things and angry men and cuts all over her head that are beginning to sting....

Seventeen-year-old Dinah needs to leave her home,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1510105700
• ISBN13: 9781510105706
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Orion Children's Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10