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OverviewA poignant story filled with heart-warming courage as a young girl takes on a harrowing journey to be reunited with her mother Ami lives on Culion, an island in the Philippines for people who have leprosy. Her mother is among the infected. Ami loves her home: with its blue seas and lush forests, Culion contains all she knows and loves. But the arrival of malicious government official Mr. Zamora changes her world forever. Islanders untouched by sickness are forced to leave for a neighboring island, where the children are placed in an orphanage. Banished across the sea, Ami is desperate to return to Culion before her mother's death. She finds a strange and fragile hope in a colony of butterflies. Can they lead her home before it's too late? Heartrending yet hopeful, celebrated newcomer Kiran Hargrave's novel is a story about loss, perseverance, and faith. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kiran Millwood Hargrave , Eunice WongPublisher: Blackstone Publishing Imprint: Blackstone Publishing Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 14.20cm Weight: 0.177kg ISBN: 9798212194686Publication Date: 11 October 2022 Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsSo full of light...brilliant. -- Katherine Rundell, author of The Zebra's Great Escape Author InformationKiran Millwood Hargrave is an acclaimed children's author. Her debut book for children, The Girl of Ink & Stars, sold over 120,000 copies in the United Kingdom alone, winning the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and British Children's Book of the Year. Her second book, The Island at the End of Everything, received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and VOYA. She holds degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge universities. Eunice Wong is a Juilliard-trained, award-winning actor and narrator. She's recorded for Penguin Random House, Audible, Tantor, Harper, and others, and performed professionally across the US. Director Paul Ruben calls her an exceptionally talented, intuitive actress & storyteller [who] connects the listener to every emotional nuance in the author's words. Born in Toronto, with parents from Hong Kong, she's audiobook-fluent in Cantonese, French, and Mandarin. She's always open to books that aren't ethnically specific. (Her Canadian accent was poonded oot of her at Juilliard, but still available on request.) She's taught poetry in a men's super-max prison, lived in Kyrgyzstan with nomads, and swum with stingrays. Eunice lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her family and two lazy greyhounds. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |