A Kind of Spark is a powerful, heart-warming live action series about friendship, courage and self-belief based on the award-winning book by author, Elle McNicoll. Elle is neurodivergent, as are the three actresses in it crew.
The series starts on BBC iPlayer on 31 March and CBBC from 17 April, it tells the inspirational story of an autistic teenager Addie. When she learns about the witch trials that happened centuries ago in her hometown of Juniper, Addie knows that there’s more to the story of these ‘witches’, just as there is more to her own.
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Overall Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, A Kind of Spark interweaves the past and present in ten action packed episodes full of the joys of friendship, sisterhood, the drama of growing up, mystery and magic.
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