Description or summary of the book: Winner of the Historical Association Young Quills AwardShortlisted for the Costa Book AwardShortlisted for the Blue Peter Book AwardShortlisted for the FCBG Children's Book AwardShortlisted for the Jhalak Prize'The Island at the End of Everything is such a fiercely kind and generous book, and so finely-wrought and so full of light ... brilliant.' KATHERINE RUNDELL'... a beautiful, haunting tale of leprosy, lepidoptery and loyalty.' FRANCES HARDINGEAmihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy. Ami loves her home - with its blue seas and lush forests, Culion is all she has ever known. But the arrival of malicious government official Mr Zamora changes her world forever: islanders untouched by sickness are forced to leave. Banished across the sea, she's desperate to return, and finds a strange and fragile hope in a colony of butterflies. Can they lead her home before it's too late?
Estimated reading time (average reader): 15H47M12S
Other categories, genre or collection: Historical, Wildlife: Butterflies, Other Insects & Spiders, Family, Adventure Books for Kids, Coping With Illness, Nonfiction History Books for Kids
Available formats: PDF, XPS, TXT, WORD, DOC, AZW, RB, EPUB. Compressed in BZ2, AZW, ZIP, CHM, RAR, ARJ