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.
An artist's intensely personal reckoning that delves deep inside the making of
art, and explores the value of facing, and depicting, the darkest of horrors.
A deeply moving love letter from an artist to his wife as they struggle with
the loss of multiple pregnancies, exploring how powerful bonds transform as
lovers become family.
A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning
author about a mother, a daughter and the great Greenland shark. Wrapped up in
mesmerising illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback, this is a
perfect gift for the holiday season, for 9+ fans of Philip Pullman, Sally
Gardner and Frances Hardinge.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.