WINNER of the Yoto Carnegie 2023 Medal for Writing.

A multi-award winner when published in Welsh, this is a YA novel from an exceptionally talented author, which explores the human capacity to find new strengths when faced with the need to survive.

Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018: when the electricity went off for good, and the normal 21st-century world he knew disappeared. Now 14, he and his mam have survived in their isolated hilltop house above the village of Nebo in north-west Wales by learning new skills and returning to old ways of living. However, despite their close understanding, the relationship between mother and son changes subtly as Dylan has to take on adult responsibilities. And they each have their own secrets - which emerge as they take it in turns to jot down their thoughts and memories in a found notebook – the Blue Book of Nebo.