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The Way To Impossible Island
- Author
- Sophie Kirtley
- Narrator
- Sophie Kirtley
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 8 July 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Runaways, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
What to expect
Dazzling storytelling' – Hilary McKay
Born with a serious heart condition, Dara has been waiting for his Big Operation forever, and this summer it’s finally going to happen. The moment his heart is fixed he’ll row out to the island in the bay all by himself just like he’s always dreamed. But when his op is postponed, Dara snaps. When will he get to live his real life? Maybe the adventures he dreams of are just silly fantasies.
And then he finds a girl hiding in the boat shed. She wears animal skins. She has a real live pet wolf. She is, simply, impossible. Could Mothgirl really be from the Stone Age? And what is she seeking on Lathrin Island? As Dara and Mothgirl set out on a wild, windswept sea journey Dara begins to realise that when you stop worrying about what’s impossible, you can do anything.
A brave, life-affirming middle-grade timeslip adventure about finding your family and finding yourself, from the author of The Wild Way Home.
Critics Review
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Just finished Impossible Island and it’s truly beautiful! I absolutely loved it
Dara McAnulty
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Dazzling storytelling
Hilary McKay
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A fast-paced adventure full of heart
Hannah Gold
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Amazing and brilliant and stupendous and all the exclamations
Nizrana Farook
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Beautifully written and warm and heartfelt and true
Thomas Taylor
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A time slip adventure that will be etched on my heart for a very, very long time
Rashmi Sirdeshpande
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A mind-ticklingly wondrous Stone Age adventure! A PERFECT get-away-from-it-all read
Eve McDonnell
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Details
- Author
- Sophie Kirtley
- Narrator
- Sophie Kirtley
- Duration
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 July 2021
- ISBN
- 9781526634177
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Runaways, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents The Way To Impossible Island written and read by Sophie Kirtley.Dazzling storytelling' – Hilary McKayBorn with a serious heart condition, Dara has been waiting for his Big Operation forever, and this summer it’s finally going to happen. The moment his heart is fixed he’ll row out to the island in the bay all by himself just like he’s always dreamed. But when his op is postponed, Dara snaps. When will he get to live his real life? Maybe the adventures he dreams of are just silly fantasies. And then he finds a girl hiding in the boat shed. She wears animal skins. She has a real live pet wolf. She is, simply, impossible. Could Mothgirl really be from the Stone Age? And what is she seeking on Lathrin Island? As Dara and Mothgirl set out on a wild, windswept sea journey Dara begins to realise that when you stop worrying about what’s impossible, you can do anything.A brave, life-affirming middle-grade timeslip adventure about finding your family and finding yourself, from the author of The Wild Way Home.
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