love puzzles, secret passageways, pet crows and the very worst of villains, then do pick this one up. Kiran Millwood Hargave zabiera nas na przygodę przez historyczną Sienę wraz z rodzeństwem Sofią i Erminen, którzy po tym jak uprowadzono ich matkę, postanawiają ją od odnaleźć. Julia and the Shark, in collaboration with her husband, artist Tom de Freston, was Indie Book of the Month, Scottish Booktrust Book of the Month, and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2021. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Their relationship is heartwarming, and Sofia (whose perspective we experience the story from) is relatable and authentic.Filled with gorgeous imagery of a historical town in Italy, this atmospheric middle grade was such a delight to read this spooky season. Every chapter is just gripping and you just get lost in a world of curious and magic, with a bit of truth mixed in.

Sofia and Ermin are a great team, and when paired with street urchin Ghino their personalities all mix together well.This story is set in the same world as Candy’s book Bone Talk, which focuses on Samkad’s story in the Philippines set just prior to this one and while it’s not necessary to read Bone Talk before reading Wild Song, it does add an extra dimension to the storytelling and is certainly wonderful partner read. All about her were skeletons: by the thin shafts of light flitting in from the slits in the ribcage shutters she could see the bed about her, built from tibias and fibulas. A darkly beautiful historical novel featuring Kiran’s trademark magical realism and an enthralling mystery, and the fourth children’s novel by Times number one bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave, winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Bardzo wartościowa ksiazka, właśnie takie chciałabym widzieć na półce w biblioteczce moich dzieci, a także w swojej.