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"McCaughrean takes the bones of a real event, wraps it in immersive, imaginative detail and thoroughly real emotion, and creates an unforgettable tale of human survival. A masterpiece." - Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the 2018 Carnegie Medal! New from Michael L. Printz Award winner Geraldine McCaughrean comes an extraordinary story of eight boys stranded on a rock in the middle of the sea, left to fight for their survival.
Every time a lad went fowling on the stacs, he came home less of a boy and more of a man. If he went home at all, that is.
Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home. Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they’ve been abandoned—cold, starving and clinging to life, in the grip of a murderous ocean. How will they survive such a forsaken place of stone and sea?
This is an extraordinary story of fortitude, endurance, tragedy and survival, set against an unforgettable backdrop of savage beauty.
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"McCaughrean, who won the Printz Award for The White Darkness (2007), slips into the cracks of the human soul, dissecting with compassion the many paths that a person might take when confronted with such a challenge." — Booklist, starred review
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“Utterly gripping…With its wonderful evocation of time and place, beautiful writing, and compelling storyline, this is a stunning addition to McCaughrean’s already impressive portfolio of books.”
— Lancashire Evening Post
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“Everything Geraldine McCaughrean touches turns to gold.”
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“Brilliant, beautiful, as unpredictable as the sea itself.”
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“From tragedy McCaughrean has created a wonderful love story.”
— Michael Morpurgo, New York Times bestselling author -
“Harshly beautiful, and stark with near despair, this is an unsettling, deeply original historical novel.”
— The Guardian (London)
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Carnegie Medal for Literature
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Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2019
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Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2019
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About Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean is the Printz Award–winning author of The White Darkness. She has been twice honored with the Carnegie Medal, and is the only three-time winner of the Whitbread Children’s Book Award. She also wrote Peter Pan in Scarlet, the first official sequel to the treasured masterpiece Peter Pan. Geraldine lives in Berkshire, England, with her husband and daughter.
About Angus King
Angus King is a Scottish voice actor with roles in a number of television commercials, corporate videos, and video games. His extensive audiobook narration credits include Last Days of Christmas by Christopher Brookmyre, The Incident by Kenneth MacLeod, and Gallowglass by Gordon Ferris, among many others.