Julia and the Shark

An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Tom de Freston (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 14 September 2021 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover
240 Pages

Age
9+

Dimensions(cm)
2.1 x 22.4 x 16.3

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A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter, and the great Greenland shark. With mesmerising black and yellow illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback with tracing paper inserts, this is a perfect gift for 9+ fans of Philip Pullman, David Almond and Frances Hardinge.

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfathomable depths until it ripped the whole island from its roots. The bed was a boat, the shark a tide, and it pulled me so far out to sea I was only a speck, a spot, a mote, a dying star in an unending sky...

Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer - her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother's obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope...

A beautiful, lyrical, uplifting story about a mother, a daughter, and love - with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.

About the Author

Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an award-winning poet, playwright, and bestselling novelist. Her debut novel for children The Girl of Ink & Stars won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year. Her work has been short- and long-listed for other major prizes including the Costa Award, and the CILIP Carnegie Award. The Deathless Girls is her first novel for Young Adults. She's a graduate of both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and lives by the river in Oxford with her husband and cat.

Industry Reviews

'Tom de Freston's stunning illustrations perfectly complement the poetry of Kiran Millwood Hargrave's story'
Cressida Cowell

'A truly beautiful book, with text and illustrations in perfect harmony. A book to treasure!'
Jacqueline Wilson

'Julia and the Shark is deep, beautiful and true. The art shines and the writing soars - a classic from cover to cover'
Eoin Colfer

'A rich, immersive and wondrous journey, through deep darkness to hope and light'
Sophie Anderson author of The House with Chicken Legs

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