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FICTION
The Boy Who Met a Whale
Nizrana Farook
• By the author of the acclaimed The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
• Classic adventure story, set again in a fictional Sri Lanka, this time by the sea • The Girl Who Stole an Elephant has been optioned for television
Razi is watching turtles hatch on the
beach when he sees a fishing boat bobbing into view, a small, still hand hanging over the side... Inside is Zheng, who’s escaped a shipwreck and is full of tales of sea monsters and missing treasure. So begins an exhilarating adventure in the shadow of the biggest sea monster of them all...
Shipwrecks, stolen treasure and whales!
Age: 9+ • Price: £7.99
Extent: 272pp • Word count: 33,000 Format: B-format paperback
“Farook is the latest name to watch . . . she allows every character time to unravel, resulting in a deceptively dense adventure” Telegraph on The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
Nizrana Farook was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the beautiful landscapes of her home country find their way into the stories she writes. She has a master’s degree in writing for young people, and lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two daughters.
