A compelling story of what happened to all those on Noah's Ark who survived the Flood - as told by one of our greatest children's writers
Everyone knows the story of the flood, the men God chose to survive and the animals that went in two by two. But what about the others that sailed on the Ark - the women and the children? This adventure story asks what it was really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned - and what might have happened in the days that followed.
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A compelling story of what happened to all those on Noah's Ark who survived the Flood - as told by one of our greatest children's writers
Everyone knows the story of the flood, the men God chose to survive and the animals that went in two by two. But what about the others that sailed on the Ark - the women and the children? This adventure story asks what it was really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned - and what might have happened in the days that followed.
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Everyone knows the story of the Flood, the men God chose to survive, the animals that went in two by two. But what about the others that sailed on the Ark - the women and the children? This adventure story asks what it was really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned - and what might have happened in the days that followed.With a frighteningly zealous and single-minded Noah; Japheth and his young wife, Zillah, concerned for thewelfare of the animals; the stowaway boy and baby found by Noah's daughter Timna; and the animals themselves, continuing to act as animals do, whatever their surroundings, this is an extremely compellingand at times very frightening story, beautifully written as ever by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Awards
Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Book Category 2004
About the Author
Winner of Carnegie Medal, Smarties Bronze Award (3 times), Whitbread Award (twice), Blue Peter Book of the Year Award, Blue Peter Special Book to Keep Forever Prize, Guardian Award
Previous titles include A Little Lower Than the Angels, A Pack of Lies, Plundering Paradise, Gold Dust, The Stones Are Hatching, Forever X, The Kite Rider, Stop the Train, Smile!, as well as the special World Book Day title, Showstopper!
Everyone knows the story of the Flood, the men God chose to survive, the animals that went in two by two. But what about the others that sailed on the Ark - the women and the children? This adventure story asks what it was really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned - and what might have happened in the days that followed.With a frighteningly zealous and single-minded Noah; Japheth and his young wife, Zillah, concerned for the welfare of the animals; the stowaway boy and baby found by Noah's daughter Timna; and the animals themselves, continuing to act as animals do, whatever their surroundings, this is an extremely compelling and at times very frightening story, beautifully written as ever by Geraldine McCaughrean.
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