{"product_id":"9781510107786-julia-and-the-shark","title":"Julia and the Shark","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter, and the great Greenland shark. With mesmerising black and yellow illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback with tracing paper inserts, this is a perfect gift for 9+ fans of David Almond and Frances Hardinge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter, and the great Greenland shark. With mesmerising black and yellow illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback with tracing paper inserts, this is a perfect gift for 9+ fans of David Almond and Frances Hardinge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Such rich and vivid prose . with beautiful illustrations by Tom de Freston' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tom de Freston's stunning illustrations perfectly complement the poetry of Kiran Millwood Hargrave's story' Cressida Cowell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A truly beautiful book, with text and illustrations in perfect harmony. A book to treasure!' Jacqueline Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Julia and the Shark is deep, beautiful and true. The art shines and the writing soars \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e a classic from cover to cover' Eoin Colfer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A rich, immersive and wondrous journey, through deep darkness to hope and light' Sophie Anderson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe House with Chicken Legs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfathomable depths until it ripped the whole island from its roots. The bed was a boat, the shark a tide, and it pulled me so far out to sea I was only a speck, a spot, a mote, a dying star in an unending sky.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer - her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother's obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA beautiful, lyrical, uplifting story about a mother, a daughter, and love \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39530545643617,"sku":"9781510107786","price":16.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27921626.jpg?v=1722159612","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781510107786-julia-and-the-shark","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}