An Island of Our Own Award-winning author by Sally Nicholls (author)

From one of the brightest talents in children’s fiction and the winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book prize comes a new novel about family and friendship. Siblings Jonathan, Holly and Davy have been struggling to survive since the death of their mother, and are determined to avoid being taken into care. When the family’s wealthy but eccentric Great-Aunt Irene has a stroke, they go to visit her. Unable to speak or write, she gives Holly some photographs that might lead them to an inheritance that could solve all their problems. But they’re not the only ones after the treasure…From one of today’s most exciting young writers comes another stunning tour de force.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407124339

Date published

April 2nd, 2015

Lexile measure

760L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.7; Middle years; 6.0 points

Other details

240 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Sally Nicholls

Sally Nicholls was born in Stockton. After graduating in Philosophy and Literature, she took an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University where she wrote WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER when she was twenty-three. Published in 2008, it won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize, has been translated into many languages and made into a film. Her second novel, SEASON OF SECRETS, came out in 2010, and ALL FALL DOWN is published in 2012.