The Forever Whale
By (Author) Sarah Lean
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
25th August 2014
4th July 2013
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
823.92
Paperback
272
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 17mm
200g
A family secret waiting to be discovered from bestselling author of A Dog Called Homeless.
A shared story can last forever.
Hannahs grandad loves telling stories from his past, but theres one that he cant remember one that Hannah knows is important.
When a whale appears off the coast, clues to Grandads secret begin to surface. Hannah is determined to solve the mystery but, as she gets closer to the truth, Grandads story is more extraordinary than she imagined.
Includes beautiful inside artwork from hugely talented illustrator, Gary Blythe.
Praise for Sarah Lean:
" beautifully written and moving without being mawkish. A talent to watch." The Bookseller Buyers Guide
"touching, reflective and lyrical. Sunday Times, Culture
Sarah Lean's graceful, miraculous writing will have you weeping one moment and rejoicing the next. Katherine Applegate, author of The One and Only Ivan
Sarah Lean grew up in Wells, Somerset but now lives in Dorset with her husband, son and dog. She has worked as a page-planner for a newspaper, a stencil-maker and a gardener, amongst various other things. She gained a first class English degree and became a primary school teacher before returning to complete an MA in Creative and Critical Writing with University of Winchester. A Dog Called Homeless was her first novel.