Julia and the Shark

Kiran Millwood Hargraveová

Jazyk:	anglicky
Počet stran:	224
Formát:	15,2 x 21,4 cm
Nakladatel:	Orion Children's Books
Vazba:	pevná

Cena:	319,00 Kč

• Anotace

  A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter, and the great Greenland shark. With mesmerising black and yellow illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback with tracing paper inserts, this is a perfect gift for 9+ fans of David Almond and Frances Hardinge.
  
  'Tom de Freston's stunning illustrations perfectly complement the poetry of Kiran Millwood Hargrave's story' Cressida Cowell
  
  'A truly beautiful book, with text and illustrations in perfect harmony. A book to treasure!' Jacqueline Wilson
  
  'Julia and the Shark is deep, beautiful and true. The art shines and the writing soars - a classic from cover to cover' Eoin Colfer
  
  'A rich, immersive and wondrous journey, through deep darkness to hope and light' Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs
  
  The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfathomable depths until it ripped the whole island from its roots. The bed was a boat, the shark a tide, and it pulled me so far out to sea I was only a speck, a spot, a mote, a dying star in an unending sky...
  
  Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer - her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother's obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope...
  
  A beautiful, lyrical, uplifting story about a mother, a daughter, and love - with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.

  Review

  Captivating ― The Telegraph
  
  A tale of courage, understanding and compassion ― The Observer
  
  A triumph ― The Daily Mail
  
  Illustrated with dreamlike fluency ― The Observer
  
  Beautifully written, sensitive exploration of mental illness, fear and families ― The Daily Mail
  
  A truly beautiful book, with text and illustrations in perfect harmony. A book to treasure! ― Jacqueline Wilson
  
  Julia and the Shark is deep, beautiful and true. The art shines and the writing soars. A classic from cover to cover. ― Eoin Colfer
  
  There are no wasted words in this book. Like a seashell, or a flying bird, it is uncluttered and vital. The illustrations, by Tom de Freston, are mesmerising. I loved it. ― Hilary McKay
  
  Tom de Freston's stunning illustrations perfectly complement the poetry of Kiran Millwood Hargrave's story ― Cressida Cowell
  
  A rich, immersive and wondrous journey, through deep darkness to hope and light ― Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs
  
  What a gorgeous book - calm, funny, heartfelt, wise, full of the quiet and force of the sea ― Ross Montgomery, author of The Midnight Guardians
  
  I fell in love with the tale itself, the setting (I do love a lighthouse!), the characters and the little details - it's a beautiful, forceful storm of a book ― Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse
  
  INCREDIBLE. Poignant and lyrical and beautiful, it's my favourite of Kiran's books so far and that is saying something. Tom's stunning artwork just brings it to a whole other level ― Cat Doyle
  
  Truly extraordinary. Julia and the Shark is contemporary MG at its best but with a hint of the fantastic. It is the kind of book that you will want to have on your shelves and treasure ― Katherine Webber Tsang
  
  

  A beautifully written, moving exploration of family, friendship and mental health, with exquisite illustrations by de Freston

  ― Irish Independent

  About the Author

  Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an award-winning poet, playwright, and bestselling novelist. Her debut novel for children The Girl of Ink & Stars won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year. Her work has been short- and long-listed for other major prizes including the Costa Award, and the CILIP Carnegie Award. She's a graduate of both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and lives in Oxford with her husband and cats, in a house between a river and a forest.
  
  Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston met in 2009, when Kiran was a student and Tom was artist-in-residence at Cambridge University. They have been a couple and collaborators ever since, but Julia and the Shark is their first novel. Kiran is the award-winning, bestselling author of stories including The Girl of Ink & Stars, The Way Past Winter, and The Deathless Girls, and Tom is making his illustrative debut having worked as an acclaimed artist for many years. They live in Oxford with their rescue cat Luna, in a house between a river and a forest.
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  ISBN/EAN:	9781510107786
  Rok vydání:	2021

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