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Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea Synopsis
A magical story about finding your identity from one of the most acclaimed storytellers of his generation, richly illustrated in full colour by an internationally renowned artist.
My mother says that all things can be turned to tales. I thought she meant tales like fish tails, but I was wrong. She meant tales like this, tales that are stories. But this tale of mine is very like a fish tail too...
Annie has never been like the other girls. Her mam tried sending her to school when she was small, but Annie couldn't seem to make words or numbers stick. She prefers instead to be swimming in the sea, or sunbathing on the shore at Stupor Beach, her head full of tales. She should have been a fish, her mam always tells her, and Annie knows the truth of it. Then a stranger who comes to town is struck by the beauty and the wonder of her, and Annie Lumsden realizes that perhaps she really is half a creature from the sea.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781406377590 |
| Publication date: |
6th August 2020 |
| Author: |
David Almond |
| Illustrator: |
Beatrice Alemagna |
| Publisher: |
Walker Books Ltd |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
58 pages |
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Press Reviews
David Almond Press Reviews
A tender story, cheerfully illustrated, about unconventional people and the freedom to be yourself. - The Sunday Times
I really like the way that David Almond writes. His descriptions are mesmerising. - Books Up North
Featured in a piece with David Almond showing readers where he works in WRD Magazine. - WRD
David Almond's glowing prose conjures a magical world, building a picture of a special girl who is very much a creature of the sea. [...] Beatrice Alemagna's beautiful illustrations complement the text perfectly, evoking the sea, the shore, both the everyday and the mysterious: Annie Lumsden, seal girl, fish girl, dolphin girl... . The story and the pictures will haunt the reader long after the covers of the book are closed. - The School Librarian
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About David Almond
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David Almond is the acclaimed author of many award-winning novels for children such as Skellig, Kit's Wilderness and My Name Is Mina, and has collaborated with artists Polly Dunbar, Dave McKean and Oliver Jeffers on fiction for younger readers. David's books sell all over the world, and in 2011 he was the recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in Hexham, Northumberland.
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Julia Eccleshare on David Almond:
One of the best-loved and finest writers of today, David Almond made an immediate impact with Skellig, his first book. The moving story of a boy’s discovery of a strange creature in the shed which can be interpreted in many ways introduced some to the recurrent themes of David Almond’s writing. Infused with a touch of magic or the supernatural or ‘belief’, David Almond writes sensitively about the inner complexities of growing up. Much influenced by the landscape of Tyneside where he was brought up and still lives, David Almond’s books have a strong sense of place especially in titles such as Heaven’s Eyes, The Fire-Eater and Kit’s Wilderness. Although often clearly set in some particular time, there is a timeless quality to David Almond’s stories which give them enduring appeal.
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