Daughter of the Sea

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Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

The only life Gioga has ever known is that of a fisherman's daughter on remote Hamna Voe. But as a baby she was a gift of the sea to childless Munroe and Jannet, and now the Lord of the Oceans wants her back.Torn between her love for her adopted parents and her strange attraction to the seal people, which will she choose - the sea or the land?From the traditional folk-tale of the selkie, award-winning author Berlie Doherty has created her own lyrical and timeless story of a young girl's search for her true identity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-10-03
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781849397995
Förlag:Andersen Press Ltd

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Berlie Doherty began writing for children in 1983, after teaching and working in radio. She has written more than 35 books for children, as well as for the theatre, radio and television. Berlie has won the Carnegie Medal twice: in 1987 for GRANNY WAS A BUFFER GIRL and in 1992 for DEAR NOBODY. She has also won the Writer's Guild Children's Fiction Award for DAUGHTER OF THE SEA. Her work is published all over the world, and many of her books have been televised.

Recensioner i media

"Evokes overwhelming joy and sadness" Daily Telegraph "Tension, emotional honesty and more than a touch of cold northern poetry as well" -- Philip Pullman Guardian