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Author(s): Julie Bertagna
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A powerful and moving story of one boy's journey to independence, by the award-winning author of EXODUS and THE OPPOSITE OF CHOCOLATE.Finn Silverweed has never felt he fits into the fishing community of Laggandall Bay. The uneasy truce between the fishermen and the patrolling navy subs is echoed by the tensions between Finn and his businessman father, who presumes his son will follow in his footsteps.With a comet hanging like an omen over the bay, Finn starts to hear strange noises in his head - noises that draw him to the sea. But a disaster is coming that will threaten to sweep away not only Finn but his town as well . . .
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Julie Bertagna has had remarkable success in her short writing career. She won a Scottish Arts Council bursary for her first novel THE SPARK GAP, SOUNDTRACK won the SAC's Children's Book Award, and DOLPHIN BOY was shortlisted for the NASEN and Blue Peter Awards. EXODUS, the launch title for Young Picador and her first novel for Macmillan, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award and won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award. She lives in Glasgow with her family.
General Fields
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- : Pan Macmillan
- : Young Picador
- : 0.101
- : 02 July 2004
- : 197mm X 130mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Julie Bertagna
- : Paperback
- : 823.914
- : 144
