Overview
Award-winning Hilary McKay brings the childhood of Victorian heroine Grace Darling to life in this heartfelt reimagining of her life up to and including the Forfarshire shipwreck. Despite her fear of boats, Grace Darling loves her life as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper and spends fun-filled childhood days with her three sisters, four brothers, numerous goats, chickens, cats and her beloved dog, Happy. The only shadows come from the many shipwrecks caused by the poor location of their lighthouse, a problem that seems to be fixed when a new one is built further out on the remote Longstone Rock. But in September 1838, a steamship called the Forfarshire is wrecked on the dangerous Harcar Rock. Grace alerts her father to survivors, but can she find the courage to help him row out through the mountainous waves to rescue them? Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
Full Product Details
Author: Hilary McKay ,
Keith Robinson
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.200kg
ISBN: 9780008700522
ISBN 10: 0008700524
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 10 April 2025
Recommended Age: 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Young adult
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Children's (6-12)
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
""Hilary McKay has a unique gift for bringing to life whole families – whole worlds – in a matter of moments with her crystal-clear prose and her artist's eye for detail. This little book shines like sea treasure – a true story, beautifully told and glittering with life."" — Lucy Strange ""I stepped into Grace's world and hung on every word of her story – an enormously warm and vivid account of a real heroine, by one of our greatest writers for children."" — Lissa Evans ""The truly engaging story of Grace Darling’s early life. Often studied as a ‘significant individual’ in the primary History curriculum, this book will be an invaluable resource to support learning and Reading for Pleasure … Readers will have opportunity to consider gender expectations of the time period, the responsibilities held by lighthouse keepers, the dangers of the rocks along the coast of Northumberland and the reality of loneliness when living remotely."" — Scope for Imagination, blog
Author Information
Hilary McKay is one of Britain's best-loved children's authors. Her books-including Saffy's Angel, The Skylarks' War, and The Swallows' Flight -have been published in over 30 languages and have won the Costa Children's Book Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Nestle Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, and countless other accolades.
