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The House of Light


No. of pages 256

Published: 2019

Great for age 9-12 years

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Bonnie is scavenging on a beach when she finds a battered old row boat. And under the boat, a bare-footed boy-cold, hungry, and in need of help. The authorities have already been troubling Bonnie and Granda for breaking rules, but how can she leave this boy when he has no-one? Bonnie does her best to keep the boy hidden from the border guards, but as their suspicions grow, she wonders if it's time to escape the life she's always known. Under cover of darkness they set sail to the 'house of light' in search of a new beginning, and a sense of hope.

 

 

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2019 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.

 

A poignant story of hope and courage, thrumming with Green's love of the natural world. * The Bookseller *

 

Praise for To the Edge of the World: Beautifully written story of adventure, friendship, courage and community and, most of all, it's celebration of the exhilaration and wonder of the natural world * The Bookseller *

 

You can almost smell the salt and feel the wind: a celebration of the great outdoors * The Daily Mail *