Julia and the Shark, in collaboration with her husband, artist Tom de Freston, was Indie Book of the Month, Scottish Booktrust Book of the Month, and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2021. A Secret of Birds & Bone, her fourth middle grade title, was published in 2020. Her books include the bestselling winner of the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017 The Girl of Ink & Stars, and Costa Book Awards- and Blue Peter Awards-shortlisted The Island at the End of Everything, and The Way Past Winter, Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year 2018. Still a very solid read and one I look forward to my spawn to reading.Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an award winning poet, playwright, and novelist. Overall 4/5 cups of coffee, I really enjoyed this book and I am a huge fan of Hargrave but this wasn’t quite my fave of her MG books.
The MC is great, Mila wants to protect her family and she’ll stop at nothing and she’s willing to accept the ‘impossible’ when the adults can’t to make sure she brings her family back together. It wasn’t my favorite ending and also the Father’s role in this was maybe glossed over considering the weight of his actions. I also felt that the ending with the resolution almost felt random.
The pacing felt a little off mostly because the part before the journey seemed almost too long in comparison of the journey itself which flew by. This isn’t one that’s too dark by any means either. Now as a mom I still enjoy letting my child experience more things in the world through the safety of books. I wanted to experience things that weren’t always happy or sad from the safety of my couch or bed while going on the adventure with the MC. I remember as a kid (waaaay waaaaay back) always enjoying books that didn’t coddle me. – GoodReadsĪ middle grade book that encourages younger readers to dive into a darker fantasy. Mila and her sisters live with their brother Oskar in a small forest cabin in the snow.
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