The Somerset Tsunami
By Emma Carroll
2019
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THE TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK A THE GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE MONTH BOOKSELLER ASSOCIATION'S INDIE BOOK OF THE MONTH BOOKSELLER'S 9-12 PICK FOR OCTOBER A THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 SOMERSET, 1616 A sinking boat... A girl in disguise... A disappearing sea... When Fortune Sharpe carves a boat from a tree with her beloved brother Jem, she's only having a bit of fun. But now is not the time for a girl to be drawing attention to herself and she is sent away to find work dressed as a boy. Luckily a rich manor house is hiring. Yet Barrow Hall's inhabitants harbour dangerous secrets of their own, the suspicious owner is hunting for witches, and the house itself is a little too close to the sea...
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Emma Carroll
Author · 18 books
After years of teaching English to secondary school students, Emma now writes full time. She graduated with distinction from Bath Spa University’s MA in Writing For Young People. In another life Emma wishes she’d written ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne Du Maurier. She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and three terriers.
