Julia and the Shark: An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX

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Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery
Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after

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5 out 5

A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter and the great Greenland shark. Wrapped up in mesmerising illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback, this is a perfect gift for the holiday season, for 9+ fans of Philip Pullman, Sally Gardner and Frances Hardinge.

The 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…

Julia 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…

A beautiful, lyrical, uplifting story about a mother, a daughter, and love – with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.

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A lovely life story of a girl called Julia. Until then she almost lost her mom one of the summer holiday's!

Director Angel Washington 16.07.2024

Amazing book

Fairy Agnetha Pipistrel 09.02.2024

I love how it was powerful ruthless and heartwarming. Though it was about a shark, and the shark could bite your head off I found sympathy for the shark and how it created the inspirational story of how the Greenland shark saved Julia's life so it became the amazing tale of Julia & Shark.

Queen Tulip Racoon 28.08.2023