Details:. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781444937176. Publisher: Hodder Children's Books. Age Range: 12+. Overview. Island is a hopeful, moving coming-of-age story from David Almond, the Carnegie Medal-winning author of Skellig. Written for World Book Day 2017, this compact paperback follows sixteen-year-old Louise as her quiet, familiar visits to the island of Lindisfarne are transformed by the arrival of a mysterious stranger. Themes of love, loss, identity and hope run through this beautifully told tale, making it a perfect introduction to Almond's acclaimed body of work for teen and young adult readers.. About the Book. Sixteen-year-old Louise travels with her father to the island of Lindisfarne every year, just as she always has - it's the place her late mother loved best of all. But everything changes with the arrival of Hassan, a refugee from war-torn Syria. Restless and yearning for independence, Louise finds herself drawn to the fiercely free and self-reliant Hassan, an acrobat who seems to know the island as though it were his home from birth - perhaps even a sorcerer, perhaps a source of danger. A wild gang of local boys wants him cast out, and as…

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