Author(s): Sally Grindley

Children's Fiction

A whale is beached on the sandy cove of a small Scottish island. As the islanders struggle to save it, conflicting motives soon surface . . . A powerful novel with Sally Grindley's hallmark theme-driven narrative. When Holly wakes up and sees the whale on the beach she can hardly believe her eyes. Soon she is at the forefront of an island-wide movement to save the whale. But things are not as simple as the young girl would like and she has to deal with the ambitions of a wide group of people. Laced throughout with the important theme of death, this is a powerful and hugely enjoyable novel by Smarties Gold Medal winning author Sally Grindley.