{"product_id":"9781529937817","title":"The Home Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Berry, Liz \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/04\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 128 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529937817,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE - BOOK OF THE YEAR*Inspired by a true story, The Home Child is a beautiful novel-in-verse about a child far from home‘Ground-breaking’ Benjamin Zephaniah‘Beautifully crafted’ Guardian‘Extraordinary’ Hannah LoweIn 1908, Eliza Showell, twelve years old and newly orphaned, boards a ship that will carry her from the slums of the Black Country to rural Nova Scotia. She will never return or see her family again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith nothing to call her own, the wild beauty of her surroundings is the only solace Eliza has – until another Home Child, a boy, arrives at the farm and changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the true story of Liz Berry’s great aunt, this spellbinding novel in verse is an exquisite portrait of a girl far from home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘One of the outstanding books of this year. Although this is a historical tale its resonance is timeless’ Sunday Times‘Deeply moving. A graceful, delicate book, stunning in its emotional depth... I know I'll return to it many times in the future’ Megan Hunter, author of The End We Start From\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43292016934956,"sku":"9781529937817","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529937817.jpg?v=1714812353","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529937817","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}