The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater Groundswell Speaker 2024 illustrated by Bee Grandinetti whose

illustrated by Bee Grandinetti whose warm and sensitive illustrations have been featured by Headspace and Airbnb

and claim its prize-a single wish

His longing for the man who tends to him daily

the atmospheric

poignant and beautifully written … Slater tells his heartbreaking story with great subtlety’ Daily Telegraph

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater Groundswell Speaker 2024 illustrated by Bee Grandinetti whoseThe hotel was a hidden paradise. Until they went to war In 1942, June 'Hoss' Hudson runs the finest hotel in the Appalachian Mountains. The Avallon, owned by the wealthy Gilfoyle family, is a world away from the war in Europe. But when Edgar, the eldest son who June has loved since childhood, strikes a deal with the State Department, June finds herself playing host to three hundred foreign diplomats. Nobody at the Avallon wants to serve caviar to the