Julia and the Shark
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An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX
From bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave and acclaimed illustrator Tom de Freston comes an extraordinary story about family, friendship and hope. Illustrated throughout in black, white and yellow, this stunning book is perfect for 9+ fans of David Almond, Sally Gardner and Frances Hardinge.
'Stunning' Cressida Cowell'A book to treasure!' Jacqueline Wilson'A classic from cover to cover' Eoin Colfer'A rich, immersive and wondrous journey' Sophie AndersonA remote island. A stormy summer. And an adventure as big as the Great Greenland shark ... My name is Julia.This is the story of the summer I spent living in a lighthouse.The summer I almost lost my mum, and found a shark older than trees.Don't worry though, that doesn't spoil the ending ... Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer - her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother's obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope...A beautiful and uplifting story about a mother, a daughter, and love - with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781510107779
- Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Pub date: 10.05.22
- RRP: $19.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston met in 2009, when Kiran was a student and Tom was artist-in-residence at Cambridge University. They have been a couple and collaborators ever since, but Julia and the Shark is their first novel together. Kiran is the award-winning, bestselling author of stories including The Girl of Ink & Stars, The Way Past Winter, and The Deathless Girls, and Tom is making his illustrative debut having worked as an acclaimed artist for many years. They live in Oxford with their cats Luna and Marly, in a house between a river and a forest.
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