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The House Of Light by Julia Green
Dec. 16th, 2019 09:13 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
It’s always just been Bonnie and Granda, living off the land, keeping to themselves and out of trouble. Until one day, Bonnie goes scavenging on the beach and finds a battered rowing boat, and a bare-footed boy. He’s cold, hungry and in need of shelter. Bonnie knows it’s a crime to help this stranger boy, but she can’t leave him for the border guards to find.
The longer she cares for this boy, who has travelled across oceans for a new beginning, the more Bonnie longs for her own freedom. Perhaps it’s time to escape the life she’s always known, to move out of the darkness and set sail for the house of light ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Julia Green’s literary dystopian novel for children aged 9+ is a delicately written, lyrical and thoughtful affair about the desperation, fear and hope that drives you to leave everything you’ve known. The world building is subtle and clever, the relationship between Bonnie and Granda heartbreaking and Bonnie is a protagonist who it’s easy to empathise with although I thought the ending was a little too pat.
THE HOUSE OF LIGHT was released in the United Kingdom on 6th June 2019. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
It’s always just been Bonnie and Granda, living off the land, keeping to themselves and out of trouble. Until one day, Bonnie goes scavenging on the beach and finds a battered rowing boat, and a bare-footed boy. He’s cold, hungry and in need of shelter. Bonnie knows it’s a crime to help this stranger boy, but she can’t leave him for the border guards to find.
The longer she cares for this boy, who has travelled across oceans for a new beginning, the more Bonnie longs for her own freedom. Perhaps it’s time to escape the life she’s always known, to move out of the darkness and set sail for the house of light ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Julia Green’s literary dystopian novel for children aged 9+ is a delicately written, lyrical and thoughtful affair about the desperation, fear and hope that drives you to leave everything you’ve known. The world building is subtle and clever, the relationship between Bonnie and Granda heartbreaking and Bonnie is a protagonist who it’s easy to empathise with although I thought the ending was a little too pat.
THE HOUSE OF LIGHT was released in the United Kingdom on 6th June 2019. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
