A BuzzFeed Best Book of June 2021 From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it.
Winner of the Wainwright Prize for UK nature writing and already sold into more than a dozen territories, Diary of a Young Naturalist is a triumphant debut from an important new voice..
In sharing this journey my hope is that people of all generations will not only understand autism a little more but also appreciate a child\'s eye view on our delicate and changing biosphere.
In writing this book, writes Dara, I have experienced challenges but also felt incredible joy, wonder, curiosity and excitement.
We see his close-knit family, the disruptions of moving and changing schools, and the complexities of living with autism.
As well as Dara\'s intense connection to the natural world, Diary of a Young Naturalist captures his perspective as a teenager juggling exams, friendships, and a life of campaigning.
Beginning in spring--when the sparrows dig the moss from the guttering and the air is as puffed out as the robin\'s chest--these Diary entries about his connection to wildlife and the way he sees the world are vivid, evocative, and moving.
Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of a year in Dara\'s Northern Ireland home patch.
A BuzzFeed Best Book of June 2021 From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it
