How the Sun Was Won

Description:

A luminous story about loss, creativity, and growing up.

In this lyrical fable, one morning the sun mysteriously fails to rise, leaving a small town in darkness--and the children without their parents. Undeterred, they wander through the surreal Nighttime City, alive with neon-lit zoos, mysterious bakeries, and strange creatures, searching for the adults who have vanished.

As their anxiety deepens, a brave girl proposes an audacious idea: if they cannot find the sun, perhaps they must raise it into the sky themselves. But how? To find out, the children set to work --and begin to craft a new dawn.

A story of wonder and resilience, How the Sun Was Won explores grief, mystery, and the power of collective imagination.

Brief description: Tom Haviv is a writer and artist, and the cofounder of Ayin Press. His debut book of poetry, A Flag of No Nation, was first published in 2019. He is also the creator of the Hamsa Project, and the author of the children's books Woven (Somewhere, 2018) and The Porcupine Prince (Somewhere, 2023). He lives in New York City.