By Sally Nicholls (author)
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Shortlisted for the UKLA 2016 Book Award in the 12 - 16 year old category.
Shortlisted for the 2015 Guardian Children's Book prize From the winner of the Waterstones Children's Book prize comes a new novel about family and friendship. Jonathan, Holly and Davy have been struggling since their mother's death. On a visit to eccentric Great-Aunt Irene, they receive some photographs that could lead them to an inheritance. But they're not the only ones after the treasure...
The following titles have been longlisted for the 2015 Guardian Children's Book Prize Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond My Name’s Not Friday by Jon Walter Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge An Island of our Own by Sally Nicholls El Deafo by Cece Bell All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
This year’s prize is being judged by authors Piers Torday, Jenny Valentine and Natasha Farrant, and chaired by Guardian children’s books editor and Lovereading4kids editorial expert, Julia Eccleshare . Torday said: “These books are quite simply some of the best writing for children today, from graphic novels to Victorian sequels, Greek myths to the US civil war. Diverse, complex, accessible, experimental, page turning and heart-breaking, they bring young readers the world on a single shelf.”
The winner of the prize will be announced on the 19th November.
Siblings Jonathan, Holly and Davy have been struggling to survive since the death of their mother, and are determined to avoid being taken into care. When the family''s wealthy but eccentric Great-Aunt Irene has a stroke, they go to visit her. Unable to speak or write, she gives Holly some photographs that might lead them to an inheritance that could solve all their problems.
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But they''re not the only ones after the treasure...From one of today''s most exciting young writers comes another stunning tour de force.
Sally Nicholls is a highly acclaimed writer for children, best known for her sensitive portrayal of difficult subjects for a younger age group. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages and her YA novel about the suffrage movement, Things a Bright Girl Can Do was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
Sally grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, and after school, travelled the world, working for a period at a Red Cross hospital in Japan. Sally's first novel, Ways to Live Forever , won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and she has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Costa Children's Book Award, and the Carnegie Medal, twice.
She lives in Liverpool with her husband and two sons.
Photo credit Joe Ratzer
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Siblings Jonathan, Holly and Davy have been struggling to survive since the death of their mother, and are determined to avoid being taken into care. When the family''s wealthy but eccentric Great-Aunt Irene has a stroke, they go to visit her.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed An Island of Our Own and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
An Island of Our Own features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories about Family and Friends, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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An Island of Our Own was written by Sally Nicholls and published by Scholastic UK
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