Kiran Millwood Hargrave Collection 3 Books Set (The Mercies [Hardcover], The Island at the End of Everything, The Girl of Ink & Stars)

From the author of the bestselling THE GIRL OF INK & STARS comes a moving, enthralling and heartbreaking tale of finding your way home ... WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION YOUNG QUILLS AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 'The Island at the End of Everything is such a fiercely kind and generous book, and so finely-wrought and so full of light ... brilliant.' KATHERINE RUNDELL 'Kiran Millwood Hargrave is the new big gun in children’s fiction ... This is an enchanting book by a writer who fully deserves the fuss that’s being made of her.' TELEGRAPH 'A lyrical, magical book' METRO Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants – including her mother – have leprosy. Ami loves her home – with its blue seas and lush forests, Culion is all she has ever known. But the arrival of malicious government official Mr Zamora changes her world forever: islanders untouched by sickness are forced to leave. Banished across the sea, she's desperate to return, and finds a strange and fragile hope in a colony of butterflies. Can they lead her home before it's too late? The fourth children’s novel by Times number one bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave, winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year From the author of A Secret of Birds & Bone, The Way Past Winter, Julia and the Shark and The Mercies – chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club An irresistibly poetic, bittersweet and heartbreaking tale of a girl finding her way back to her mother Shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards and the Blue Peter Book Awards 2017 From the author of the bestselling tale The Girl of Ink & Stars comes a beautiful new adventure about finding your way home. There are some places you would not want to go. Even if I told you that we have oceans filled with sea turtles and dolphins, or forests lush with parrots that call through air thick with warmth... Nobody comes here because they want to. The island of no return. Ami lives with her mother on an island where the sea is as blue as the sky. Its all she knows and loves, but the arrival of malicious government official Mr Zamora changes her world forever: her island is to be made into a colony for lepers. Taken from her mother and banished across the sea, Ami faces an uncertain future in an orphanage. There she meets a honey-eyed girl named for butterflies, and together they discover a secret that will lead her on an adventure home. Ami must go back to the island of no return, but will she make it in time? Ami Lives On Culion, An Island For People Who Have Leprosy. Her Mother Is Infected. She Loves Her Home - But Then Islanders Untouched By Sickness Are Forced To Leave. Ami's Desperate To Return Before Her Mother's Death. She Finds A Strange And Fragile Hope In A Colony Of Butterflies. Can They Lead Her Home Before It's Too Late? Ami (12) woont met haar moeder die lepra heeft op een eilandje in de Filipijnen. Als de regering het eiland tot een leprakolonie maakt, moet Ami naar een weeshuis op een ander eiland. Samen met haar nieuwe vriendin Mari probeert Ami haar moeder terug te vinden. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar. NL-ZmNBD