Stormswept - Softcover

Dunmore, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007455410 ISBN 13: 9780007455416

Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2012

Synopsis

An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of INGO Morveren lives with her parents and twin sister Jenna on an island off the coast of Cornwall - an island that in the long distant past was devastated by a tidal wave, its halls and people lost. Only some of those taken by the sea may not have been lost at all... Now, as Morveren and Jenna's relationship shifts and changes, like driftwood on the tide, Morveren finds a beautiful teenage boy in a rock pool after a storm. Going to his rescue, she is shocked to see that he is not human but a Mer boy.

About this title

About the Author:

Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, poet and children's writer, who will be remembered for the wisdom, lyricism, compassion and immersive beauty of her writing. In her lifetime, she published eight collections of poetry, many novels for both adults and children, and two collections of short stories. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction with her novel A Spell of Winter, her novel The Siege was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, and her final poetry collection Inside the Wave won the 2017 Costa Book of the Year.

Review:

"Shows shimmering layers of charm, emotional intelligence and mystery." - Amanda Craig, The Times "Stormswept is an atmospheric, lyrical novel from Helen Dunmore, who has returned to the unforgettable world she created in her Ingo novels... An engaging and emotional adventure." - We Love This Book "A beautifully written story with vivid characters....A tense, imaginative adventure." - The Daily Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0007455410
• ISBN 13: 9780007455416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 299