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Set in a world where plants talk, friendship is hard-wonand adventure is around the bend of every river ...'I could almost feel the river mist settling in my hair' SARAHDRIVER'Wild and imaginative storytelling' FLEUR HITCHCOCK'A very special story' JULIA GREENOrla has lived on her own since Ma died, with only her belovedgarden for company. When sickness comes and nature is blamed, Orlaknows she must find a cure.Armed with her mother's book of plants and remedies, she stealsaway on a river boat with two other stowaways, Idris and Ariana.Soon the trio must navigate the rapids of the Inkwater to a poisonousplace from which they may never return ... Fast-paced, thrilling storytelling, packed full of rusticadventure and peril  A wild rapids-ride of a story, suffused at every turnwith authentic details of the natural worldShortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2023A gorgeous gifty book for ages 9 and up: a flapped paperbackwith illustration by Marie-Alice Harel  'Fast-paced and highly original' GILL LEWIS'Wild and bewitching' NICOLA PENFOLD'A thrilling, beautiful, important book' NATASHAFARRANT

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