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    Jackdaw Summer

    David Almond

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    Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland - but this year things are different. One hot summer's day a jackdaw leads the two boys into an ancient farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it: PLESE LOOK AFTER HER RITE. THIS IS A CHILDE OF GOD.

    And so begins Jackdaw Summer. A summer when friendships are tested. A summer when lines between good and bad are blurred. A summer that Liam will never forget...

    A stunning novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.

    More books by David Almond
    Skellig: the 25th anniversary illustrated edition
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    The Falling Boy
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    Island
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    Paper Boat, Paper Bird
    David Almond, Kirsti Beautyman
    Paper Boat, Paper Bird
    Bone Music
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    Bone Music
    War is Over
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    War is Over
    The Colour of the Sun
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    The Colour of the Sun
    A Song for Ella Grey
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    A Song for Ella Grey
    Counting Stars
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    Counting Stars
    The Fire Eaters
    David Almond
    The Fire Eaters
    Heaven Eyes
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    Heaven Eyes
    Secret Heart
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    Praise for Jackdaw Summer

    • a book of startling quality and tremendous beauty - The Bookbag

    • Another brilliant novel from a master storyteller. - Carousel

    • Unsettling but, as ever, beautifully written. - Daily Mail

    • ... exceptional, delicate writing ... make a moving and thoughtful story told with exceptional elegance. - Julia Eccleshare

    • exquisite prose which sparkles off the page - Writeaway

    • a book of startling quality and tremendous beauty - The Bookbag

    • Another brilliant novel from a master storyteller. - Carousel

    • Unsettling but, as ever, beautifully written. - Daily Mail

    David Almond

    David Almond

    David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Counting Stars, The Savage, Island, A Song for Ella Grey, The Colour of the Sun and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. His major awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix Sorcieres (France) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. In 2010 he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors.

    David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children's authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Bath and in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.

    www.davidalmond.com

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