{"product_id":"9780008700522","title":"Becoming Grace","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): McKay, Hilary \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 10\/04\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 112 pages, 12 b\/w,  illus,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008700522,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55205082792309,"sku":"9780008700522","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008700522_d3a194d0-f3b1-41c9-b924-67f4df157e9e.jpg?v=1759666254","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008700522","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}