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Who Is Crow?
A baby washed up on an island, a man starting a new life finds the child and calls her Crow.
Years later Crow is still snubbed by many of the mainlanders... READ MORE
A Beautiful Story!
I absolutely adored this book. The three main characters were exceptionally written and the setting so vivid that it reminded me of my own childhood growi... READ MORE
A Gorgeously Written Adventure
Crow is content with her life on her island, but as she gets older questions start nagging at her - where did she come from? Did she have another family, b... READ MORE
Moving
One of the most striking things about Lauren Wolk is how despite the fact that her target audience is mainly children, her writing is still one of the most... READ MORE
Synopsis
Shortlisted for The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018
Crow has lived her whole life on a tiny, starkly beautiful island. Her only companions are Osh, the man who rescued her from a washed-up skiff as a baby and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their neighbour across the sandbar.
But it is only when a mysterious fire appears across the water that an unspoken question of her own history forms in Crow's heart, and an unstoppable chain of events is triggered.
Crow sets out to find her lost identity - and, ultimately, to learn what it means to be a family.
Vivid and heartfelt, Beyond the Bright Sea is a gorgeously crafted, gripping tale of buried treasure and belonging.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN: 9780552574303
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 20 mm
- Weight: 200g
- Languages: English