The world's in trouble. When war comes to the heart of the Italian city where Isabella lives with her family, everything changes. She makes the long journey with her dad to a safer place - the old house where he grew up in the north of England. Isabella must adapt to a completely different life. No shops, no electricity, no phone signal. No friends or neighbours - until she meets two 'wild' children. Rowan and Kelda live by themselves, hidden from the world, survivors of the sickness that swept through the valley. When Dad fails to return from a trip to find food, Isabella has to work out what to do and how to survive. Together, can the children build a new life, a life for the future? What do we really need for a happy life?

 

 

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by Oxford University Press .

Julia Green is the main tutor the MA in Creative Writing for Young People at Bath Spa, and has had three novels published by Puffin. This is her first for Bloomsbury. Julia lives in Bath.