By Julia Jones (author) , Claudia Myatt (illustrator) Part of the The Strong Winds Series series
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Pebble is the eagerly-awaited new volune of the Strong Winds series. It’s a stand-alone adventure for 12+ and adult readers. Although it can be read completely independently there are some links to The Lion of Sole Bay (vol. 4).
It isn’t easy being the not-quite youngest in a large family – a single pebble on a shingle beach. Liam’s home life is complicated by his step-sister’s friendship with the troubled son of a Russian billionaire, and his unknown mother has left him an inheritance which she never intended and which he cannot avoid.
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Liam struggles to protect his family against unimagined dangers but a half-term trip up the Suffolk coast in the Chinese junk Strong Winds detonates a series of events which bring gloriously unexpected discoveries and permanent collateral damage. Can anyone escape involvement in this new Cold War?
Julia Jones as a child, steering Peter Duck , the boat bought from Arthur Ramsome that inspired his classic Swallows and Amazons .
When Julia Jones was three years old her parents bought Peter Duck , Arthur Ransome’s former yacht. Julia slept in the place that had been designed for Ransome to store his typewriter and it wasn’t long before she was reading her way through the Swallows and Amazons series. Boats and books have been part of her life ever since. As an adult she founded and ran a village bookshop and developed a local publishing list for older readers. She became close friends with Joyce Allingham, sister of Essex detective novelist Margery Allingham, and has written and edited three biographical works connected with the Allingham family with the fourth, Fifty Years in the Fiction Factory , scheduled for publication in 2012. The Salt-Stained Book was her first novel for younger readers and is also enjoyed by adults. Followed up by A Ravelled Flag, the Strong Winds trilogy is concluded with Ghosting Home , out in July 2012. Julia has five children and lives in Essex and Suffolk with her partner, Francis Wheen. In 1999 they re-purchased Peter Duck .
CLICK HERE to read an article by Julia Jones, which was inspired in part by Arthur Ransome’s sailing adventures and in particular by Peter Duck, the boat which she was brought up on and which had previously been owned by Arthur Ransome.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Strong Winds : Pebble and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Strong Winds : Pebble features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Strong Winds : Pebble was written by Julia Jones and published by Golden Duck (UK) Ltd
Strong Winds : Pebble has 307 pages
Yes it is part of The Strong Winds Series series
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