HESTIA LITERARY JOURNEY PRIZE 20222 - SHORTLIST (BEST BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS)


Keynote
One of the most popular Polish
writers for young readers returns with
a moving and warm story about building
intergenerational relationships.
Selling Points
 A compelling, wonderfully written
portrait of today’s teenagers and their
everyday problems.
 A warm – and at the same time
profound – story of passing and dying.
 The author is known for her very
insightful, complex psychological portraits
of contemporary teenagers.
 The book is also aimed at teens who

DESCRIPTION
Does grandma know what Instagram is?
What can you talk to grandad about if he
doesn’t know what Facebook is? Three
teenagers start working as volunteers in
a care home for the elderly. Initially it’s
only about chalking up extra credits for
admission to high school. It quickly turns
out, however, that everyday encounters
with seniors aren’t a disagreeable duty,
but a fascinating adventure – a voyage
to an unknown world that social media
knows little about. State of Entanglement is
a moving and warm story about building
intergenerational relationships, the joy of
being together and sharing the discovery
of different worlds that aren’t so distant
from each other.
“I can’t imagine this book being different,
or any better”. Biserka Čejović, Books.
A Magazine about Reading
“The challenge of growing up and
the invisibility of old age – the two poles
of human life made into one whole that is
usually full of holes and space filled with
indifference – that’s the picture emerging
from the newest offering by Roksana
Jędrzejewska-Wróbel, a writer until now
specialising in literature for younger
children”. Hanna Diduszko, New Books
“A very interesting offering about
intergenerational relationships, which,
although difficult and challenging to our
comfort zone, can be a hope, a safety
valve, and a signpost leading us out of
a dangerous labyrinth”. Agnieszka Karp-
Szymańska, Newsweek Extra
“Oh, did this book charm me... With its
story, its language, everything. And how
many treasures are to be found here
(…). State of Entanglement is a book so
authentic, so true, so unpretentious that it
goes deep into my heart”. Przemek Staroń,
psychologist, educator, author, Teacher of
the Year 2018

Nominations
Book of the Year 2021 Polish Section
of IBBY.
Hestia Literary Journey award.
Locomotive – a poll by bloggers for
the best children’s books.
Target Market
Teens.
Parents of teenagers who want to
understand their children’s world.


will effortlessly identify with the story’s
protagonists, and at parents who want
to understand the world their children
occupy.
 Fascinating and well-drawn stories of
the protagonists as they gradually mature
and enter adulthood.
 Very realistically, without needless
moralising or patronising, the author
shows the world of today’s teenagers:
their lives in social media, love problems,
the search for identity.
 The author has written over a dozen
popular and well-received young adult
novels.

Release date: 2021
Pages: 400
ISBN: 978-83-08-07435-0


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State of Entanglement

Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel

HESTIA LITERARY JOURNEY PRIZE 20222 - SHORTLIST (BEST BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS)


Keynote
One of the most popular Polish
writers for young readers returns with
a moving and warm story about building
intergenerational relationships.
Selling Points
 A compelling, wonderfully written
portrait of today’s teenagers and their
everyday problems.
 A warm – and at the same time
profound – story of passing and dying.
 The author is known for her very
insightful, complex psychological portraits
of contemporary teenagers.
 The book is also aimed at teens who

DESCRIPTION
Does grandma know what Instagram is?
What can you talk to grandad about if he
doesn’t know what Facebook is? Three
teenagers start working as volunteers in
a care home for the elderly. Initially it’s
only about chalking up extra credits for
admission to high school. It quickly turns
out, however, that everyday encounters
with seniors aren’t a disagreeable duty,
but a fascinating adventure – a voyage
to an unknown world that social media
knows little about. State of Entanglement is
a moving and warm story about building
intergenerational relationships, the joy of
being together and sharing the discovery
of different worlds that aren’t so distant
from each other.
“I can’t imagine this book being different,
or any better”. Biserka Čejović, Books.
A Magazine about Reading
“The challenge of growing up and
the invisibility of old age – the two poles
of human life made into one whole that is
usually full of holes and space filled with
indifference – that’s the picture emerging
from the newest offering by Roksana
Jędrzejewska-Wróbel, a writer until now
specialising in literature for younger
children”. Hanna Diduszko, New Books
“A very interesting offering about
intergenerational relationships, which,
although difficult and challenging to our
comfort zone, can be a hope, a safety
valve, and a signpost leading us out of
a dangerous labyrinth”. Agnieszka Karp-
Szymańska, Newsweek Extra
“Oh, did this book charm me... With its
story, its language, everything. And how
many treasures are to be found here
(…). State of Entanglement is a book so
authentic, so true, so unpretentious that it
goes deep into my heart”. Przemek Staroń,
psychologist, educator, author, Teacher of
the Year 2018

Nominations
Book of the Year 2021 Polish Section
of IBBY.
Hestia Literary Journey award.
Locomotive – a poll by bloggers for
the best children’s books.
Target Market
Teens.
Parents of teenagers who want to
understand their children’s world.


will effortlessly identify with the story’s
protagonists, and at parents who want
to understand the world their children
occupy.
 Fascinating and well-drawn stories of
the protagonists as they gradually mature
and enter adulthood.
 Very realistically, without needless
moralising or patronising, the author
shows the world of today’s teenagers:
their lives in social media, love problems,
the search for identity.
 The author has written over a dozen
popular and well-received young adult
novels.

Release date: 2021
Pages: 400
ISBN: 978-83-08-07435-0


Other covers