Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Crow sets out to find her lost identity - and, ultimately, to learn what it means to be a family. Vivid and heartfelt, Beyond the Bright Sea is a gorgeously crafted, gripping tale of buried treasure and belonging.
A tense and moving adventure story, this book's real strength is in the characters and the understated but overwhelming love that binds solitary people, no matter what their blood links may be * Daily Mail *
Crow is a thrilling heroine, and Wolk's sense of place recalls Daphne de Maurier * The Times *
Lyrical and heartrending. . A tear-jerking yet ultimately uplifting tale of establishing one’s place in the world and realising that sometimes your family is the one you make, not the one you are born into. A stellar story full of heart, action, and emotion * School Library Journal *
An intriguing tale of an orphan determined to find her roots -- Publishers Weekly
Beautiful -- Kirkus
Crow is a thrilling heroine, and Wolk's sense of place recalls Daphne de Maurier * The Times *
Lyrical and heartrending. . A tear-jerking yet ultimately uplifting tale of establishing one’s place in the world and realising that sometimes your family is the one you make, not the one you are born into. A stellar story full of heart, action, and emotion * School Library Journal *
An intriguing tale of an orphan determined to find her roots -- Publishers Weekly
Beautiful -- Kirkus
After graduating from Brown University in 1981 with a degree in English literature, Lauren Wolk spent a year as a writer with the Battered Women’s Project of the St. Paul American Indian Center, and then worked as both an editor and an English teacher. Since 2007, she has been the Associate Director of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. She is an award-winning poet and also a visual artist.
Wolf Hollow is set in western Pennsylvania where her family roots run deep. Both of her parents were raised in that area, her mother on a farm and in a family that served as the inspiration for the novel.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780552574303 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552574309 |
| Title | Beyond the Bright Sea |
| Author | Lauren Wolk |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2017-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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