Storm Child
by
Ele Fountain
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1782693882
ISBN-13
9781782693888
Publisher
Pushkin Children's Books
Imprint
Pushkin Children's Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 4th, 2024
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
228 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 12.90 x 1.80 cms
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An exciting, thought-provoking novel about parental unemployment and facing your problems, from the prize-winning author of Boy 87 and Fake.
An exciting, thought-provoking novel about globalization, climate change and finding your place in a changing world
Maya lives in a remote house on the cost, spending her time hanging out with her friends and surfing, while her mother bakes for the local café and her father works as a fisherman. They lead a simple life and though they often struggle to get by financially they are happy and secure. But Mayas world is about to be upended. When her dad''s fishing boat sinks in a ferocious storm and he ends up in hospital fighting for his life the famiy lose their only means of earning money and life takes on a perilous turn. Desperate for a change Maya''s parents make the decision to start over by moving to an island in the Pacific a place they are sure is paradise.
Life in their new home starts to take on an order and while Maya misses her friends she finds a new companion in a girl who lives close by. Mayas parents, however, seem to be unable to make a true commitment to their new life and it takes Maya to point out the obvious that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence and making a change doesn''t always make a difference.
As Maya begins to realise that paradise is not always what it seems, can she bring her family back home again?
Maya lives in a remote house on the cost, spending her time hanging out with her friends and surfing, while her mother bakes for the local café and her father works as a fisherman. They lead a simple life and though they often struggle to get by financially they are happy and secure. But Mayas world is about to be upended. When her dad''s fishing boat sinks in a ferocious storm and he ends up in hospital fighting for his life the famiy lose their only means of earning money and life takes on a perilous turn. Desperate for a change Maya''s parents make the decision to start over by moving to an island in the Pacific a place they are sure is paradise.
Life in their new home starts to take on an order and while Maya misses her friends she finds a new companion in a girl who lives close by. Mayas parents, however, seem to be unable to make a true commitment to their new life and it takes Maya to point out the obvious that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence and making a change doesn''t always make a difference.
As Maya begins to realise that paradise is not always what it seems, can she bring her family back home again?
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