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“I was talking about a golden age of children’s literature and the author of this book, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, is up there. She started off as a poet. She writes books that feel like they’ve been around forever, and she’s only in her mid-20s. So she’s precociously brilliant. Her books are objects of excellence.” Read more...
Zoe Greaves, Children's Author
“A captivating novel set on a tropical island that is used as a leper colony. This is a story about a young girl who is uprooted from her simple, happy home on a tropical island called Culion in South East Asia – a place where she feels secure despite the shadow of her mother’s illness. A place that is beautiful in every way imaginable until the day she is forcibly taken away by the government because her mother has leprosy. Furthermore, the island is to become a colony for lepers.” Read more...
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Our most recommended books
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Father Christmas Goes on Holiday
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Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories
by Angela Carter -
The Island at the End of Everything
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Watership Down
by Richard Adams -
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
by John Steptoe -
Danny Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl