Nicky Singer's "Island" has to be one of my absolute favourite reads of this year. Beautiful illustration from Chris Riddell add to the magical, mystical feel of the story. Yet it is contemporary with topical concerns of how we look after our planet.
Cameron is a city boy but comes to this uninhabited Arctic island with his mother, a scientist. There he meets an Inuit girl and a white polar bear amongst the snow, the white cottongrass, the erupting graves, the 24 hours of daylight and the Ukpik-owl.
And any book which advocates silence as a positive is a winner with me.
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