Seabean by Sarah Holding
On her 11th birthday in 2018, Alice finds a mysterious black box on the beach. She discovers it's called a C-Bean and imagines it belongs to her. Together with her five schoolmates - the only children on the newly re-inhabited remote island of St Kilda - they soon realise it has extraordinary powers and can transport them anywhere in the world. Before long, Alice and her friends find themselves immersed in all sorts of thrilling adventures, from Central Park to the Amazonian rainforest to the backstreets of Hong Kong, as they uncover danger and subterfuge threatening the world's eco-systems. With a stray dog and a garrulous parrot they seem to have acquired along the way, they overcome their fears as the C-Bean helps them unravel the mysteries of time and tides, understand the interconnectedness of all things, and in the process succeed in safeguarding the future of their tiny Scottish island.
"This year's Hunger Games" "A new breed of sci-fi with an environmental twist." "Magical realism at its best." "An instant classic and a must-read for all 8-12 year olds."
Having worked as a postman, an architect, a university professor and an urban development consultant, Sarah Holding is now a full-time children's author, juggling writing with looking after a family of three children. They live in London in a funny old house with a leaning tower. When she's not writing she's singing, and when she's not singing she's playing sax in her jazz band. She says she knew there would always come a time when the abandoned island of St Kilda would feature somewhere in her life, little thinking it would be the setting for her first children's book.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781909339125 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909339121 |
| Title | Seabean |
| Author | Sarah Holding |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Medina Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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