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OverviewWinner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal, 2018 Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal.Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home.Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they've been abandoned - cold, starving and clinging to life, in the grip of a murderous ocean. How will they survive?'Brilliant, beautiful...as unpredictable as the sea itself' Philip Reeve, author of The Mortal Engines'This is the best book I've read this year. Extraordinary' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars Full Product DetailsAuthor: Geraldine Mccaughrean , Geraldine McCaughreanPublisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.90cm Weight: 0.280kg ISBN: 9781474943437ISBN 10: 1474943438 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 08 February 2018 Recommended Age: From 12 to 16 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children's (6-12) Format: Paperback 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 ContentsReviewsThe best book I've read this year. Extraordinary. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave Harshly beautiful ... an unsettling, deeply original historical novel. -- The Guardian ...haunting, immersive and unforgettable... * The CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Awards, 2018 * ...immersive and compelling... * Undiscovered Scotland * A tragic yet beautiful novel about the power of stories. * Sarah Crossan, author of Moonrise * Author InformationGeraldine McCaughrean is one of today's most successful and highly regarded children's authors. She has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award three times, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award four times, the prestigious U.S. Printz Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. She was chosen to write the official sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Peter Pan in Scarlet, which was published to wide critical acclaim. Geraldine lives in Berkshire with her husband John and the lingering shades of all those characters she has invented in her books. Author location: Berkshire Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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