Where the world ends / Geraldine McCaughrean.

Author/creator McCaughrean, Geraldine author.
Format Book
EditionFirst U.S. edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2019.
Copyright Date©2017
Description324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Crossing over -- King Gannet -- Two months earlier on Hirta -- A lateness -- Doubts and fears -- Confessions -- Miracles -- Outcast -- The keepers -- A welcome return -- King Saul's trews -- The crossing -- Words and silence -- Haunted -- Light -- Storm -- Rite -- Spring fever -- Monsters -- Witch hunt -- The white ship -- Music and love.
Abstract In the summer of 1727, Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to harvest birds for food, and only the end of the world can explain why no boat returns to collect them.
General noteOriginally published in the United Kingdom by Usborne Publishing Ltd in 2017.
General noteIncludes afterword about the history of St. Kilda, list of the birds of St. Kilda, and glossary.
Audience 900 Lexile
Awards noteMichael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2020.
Genre/formHunting fiction.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
LCCN 2019019749
ISBN9781250225498 hardcover
ISBN1250225493 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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Joyner TRC Fiction F M128WHE ✔ Available Place Hold