Calling the Whales
By (Author) Jasbinder Bilan
Illustrated by Skylar White
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
19th September 2023
6th July 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Whales, dolphins and porpoises
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
823.92
Paperback
80
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 8mm
140g
After rowing out to an island near their seaside home, Tulsi and Satchen discover a whale that has been trapped in a fishing net. Determined to try to free the poor creature, they repeatedly dive down into the freezing sea to cut the netting, but eventually, exhausted and with a storm rolling in, they have to admit defeat.
As they head for home to seek help, their boat capsizes in the storm and they're left clinging to it, dangerously adrift. Just as they think all is lost, help arrives from an unexpected source ...
A thrilling adventure with a powerful message about how we need to protect the oceans at its heart.
'A powerful story to resonate with all those who value the wild world and the need to protect it.' - Gill Lewis
Jasbinder Bilan was born in India, close to the Himalayas, before moving to Nottingham as a child. She graduated from Bath Spa University and has gone on to write several books for children, winning a plethora of awards for her work. Her debut novelAsha and the Spirit Birdwas awarded the Times/Chicken House Prize and the Costa Children's Book Award, as well as being shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, longlisted for the Jhalak Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Jasbinder is also an active member of Authors4Oceans, an organisation campaigning to clean our oceans of plastic.