Island
A life-changing story, now brilliantly illustrated
$18.36
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2024
Summary
Love, death, hope… the island will change their lives forever.
Louise has travelled with her father to the island every year since she can remember—it’s the place her mother loved best of all.
The arrival of Hassan changes everything. Louise is restless and yearning for independence; meanwhile, the fiercely free and self-reliant Hassan seems to know the island from long ago as if it were his home from birth.
Hassan is an acrobat, maybe a sorcerer, possibly a source of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444954203 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444954202 |
| Author: | David Almond, David Litchfield, Hannah Barrie |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Hodder Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 18mm |
About The Author
David Almond
David Almond (Author)
David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Island, Bone Music and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. His major awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix Sorcieres (France), the Nonino International Prize, the James Kruss Prize and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world’s most prestigious prize for children’s authors. In 2021, David was awarded an OBE for services to literature.
David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children’s authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.
David Litchfield (Illustrator)
David Litchfield first started to draw when he was very young, creating comics for his older brother and sister. Since then his work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books and on T-shirts. David’s first picture book The Bear and the Piano won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. He lives in Bedfordshire.
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