"Thoughtful, calm, beautiful and wise" – Ross Montgomery
"A voice unlike any other, that pulls you through with its wonder and wisdom and leaves you utterly changed" – Struan Murray
"A tender and lovely tale with teeth. Balen is one of our very best storytellers." – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
"There isn't another writer writing today who can say so much with so few words, nor a writer who says it so beautifully. Katya is a true original." – Phil Earle
"Finished Nightjar in one, breathless sitting. Another beautiful story that flutters in that complex space between joy and sadness, childhood and adolescence." – Sarah Ann Juckes
"A lovely sensitive story about the rites of passage and what it means to take responsibility and to do the right thing … The prose flows so beautifully that it manages to take the reader into both Noah's and his father's worlds" – The School Librarian
"Barrington Stoke have an innate ability to choose brilliant writers who totally connect with the readers. There is a gentle magic about this story which brings us closer to the natural world and which will enthral young readers." – The English Association
