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A hopeful and moving comingofage story set on the island of Lindisfarne by David Almond author of the bestselling Skellig and A Song for Ella Grey

Louise has travelled with her father to the island of Lindisfarne every year ever since she can remember its the place Louises mother loved best of all

The arrival of Hassan from wartorn Syria changes everything Louise is restless and yearning for independence meanwhile the fiercely free and selfreliant 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 great danger The wild boys who call the island their home want to cast him out

The forces of love death and hope move Louise and Hassan together Lindisfarne will change their lives forever

David Almond is the author of many beloved and prizewinning books for children and teenagers His best known work Skellig won the Whitbread Childrens Award and the Carnegie Medal and was made into a featurelength film A Song for Ella Grey a beautiful retelling of the myth of Orpheus won the Guardian Childrens Book Prize 2015

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