The remarkable story of a group of Preston girls who made footballing history reaches the final chapter, a pizza delivery boy heads off for a slice of sleuthing action in Japan, meet some unlikely heroes in the ancient Norse world, and discover the wonders of nature at night in an exciting selection of new children’s books.
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There’s always a buzz of excitement in the air when a new Frank Cottrell-Boyce book hits the shelves and the award-winning author certainly strikes gold with this rip-roaring adventure.
Featuring a group of children marooned on an uninhabited island without a single adult, any money, or (horror of horrors!) internet connection, Cottrell-Boyce’s mobile-free comedy – brilliantly illustrated by Steven Lenton – is a breath of fresh air in a world full of screen technology.
Written through the medium of letters from a schoolboy stowaway to his family back home in Limavady in Northern Ireland, Noah’s Gold is a sparkling, laugh-out-loud celebration of life without screens… and the joys to be found in the great outdoors.