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Children's, Teenage & Young Adult

A Song for Ella Grey

David Almond (author)

Paperback Published on: 04/06/2015

£7.99

3 reviews

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Beautifully crafted, infused with magic and history and myth

This book is stunning! Almond writes with a lyricism which makes this story resonate like poetry or even song. I loved the way he plays with the sounds of ... READ MORE

Teresa at Bath

One of the most beautiful books I have ever read.

Rating: 10 / 10 The story is told by Claire. Claire is Ella Grey’s best friend, and they love each other fiercely. And then Claire watches as Ella gets sw... READ MORE

Kimi at Blackpool

Lyrical lament for teens.

The author of 'Skellig' has moved the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to present day Northumberland in this beautifully rendered tale for teens. I am in awe o... READ MORE

K McClymont

Synopsis

Winner of the Guardian children's book prize 2015

I'm the one who's left behind. I'm the one to tell the tale. I knew them both... knew how they lived and how they died.

Claire is Ella Grey's best friend. She's there when the whirlwind arrives on the scene: catapulted into a North East landscape of gutted shipyards; of high arched bridges and ancient collapsed mines. She witnesses a love so dramatic it is as if her best friend has been captured and taken from her. But the loss of her friend to the arms of Orpheus is nothing compared to the loss she feels when Ella is taken from the world. This is her story - as she bears witness to a love so complete; so sure, that not even death can prove final.