The Secret of Golden Island: An action-packed summer adventure from the Costa Award-winning author
Jul 2024 · Faber & Faber
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What will two children do to win an island? From Costa-winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk.
Skylar's old friends felt sorry for her but they were too afraid to talk to her.
Yakov's old friends were far away, blown across continents by war . . .
When Skylar meets Yakov she is still reeling from the news of her grandfather's stroke. Yakov is just desperate to go home. They recognise something in each other: a need for friendship, but something else fizzy beneath the surface. A refusal to accept what life has dealt them; a reckless desire to change things up for the better.
So when there's a competition to own nearby Golden Island, it's no surprise they want it.
But how can two children possibly win an island? And what will they risk to call it their own?
Exquisitely told, with compassion and empathy: an unmissable, life-affirming novel from the inimitable Natasha Farrant.
Natasha Farrant's book Voyage of the Sparrowhawk won the Costa Children's Book Award 2020.
Skylar's old friends felt sorry for her but they were too afraid to talk to her.
Yakov's old friends were far away, blown across continents by war . . .
When Skylar meets Yakov she is still reeling from the news of her grandfather's stroke. Yakov is just desperate to go home. They recognise something in each other: a need for friendship, but something else fizzy beneath the surface. A refusal to accept what life has dealt them; a reckless desire to change things up for the better.
So when there's a competition to own nearby Golden Island, it's no surprise they want it.
But how can two children possibly win an island? And what will they risk to call it their own?
Exquisitely told, with compassion and empathy: an unmissable, life-affirming novel from the inimitable Natasha Farrant.
Natasha Farrant's book Voyage of the Sparrowhawk won the Costa Children's Book Award 2020.
What will two children do to win an island? From Costa-winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk.
Skylar's old friends felt sorry for her but they were too afraid to talk to her.
Yakov's old friends were far away, blown across continents by war . . .
When Skylar meets Yakov she is still r...
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Natasha Farrant dreamed of being a writer ever since she stumbled into Narnia when she was ten years old. She is now the author of many books, has won several prizes, including the Costa with Voyage of the Sparrowhawk, and has been translated into seventeen languages. Natasha enjoys crochet, singing and taking long walks in wild places. She lives in London in a house full of books with her family and a small black cat.
Natasha Farrant dreamed of being a writer ever since she stumbled into Narnia when she was ten years old. She is now the author of many books, has won several prizes, including the Costa with Voyage of the Sparrowhawk, and has been translated into seventeen languages. Natasha enjoys crochet, sing...
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