A stunning adventure from the Branford Boase Award-shortlistedauthor of The Map of Leaves.Anna lives on remote Windrose Island, caring for its birds.When her stepfather Caleb is arrested for smuggling, she mustprove his innocence. The truth may lie on board the Albatross, amissing whaler.Anna and her friend Mina travel the high seas to find the lostship before ruthless Society Man, Bartholomew Rime...But without a map, only migrating birds and the song of whalescan show the way. A stunning new novel from the author of The Map ofLeaves, shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2023A masterfully-written, classic literary adventure withthemes of female empowerment For fans of The Girl of Ink & Stars andThe Lost Whale PRAISE FOR THE MAP OF LEAVES:'A thrilling, beautiful, important book' NATASHAFARRANT'A very special story' JULIA GREEN'[A] breathless marvel' FLEUR HITCHCOCK
