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Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksalesADVANCE INFORMATIONHot,HotSummerMaggie AllderKEY SELLING POINTSThefourthbook inTheLonelyIslandseriesaboutlifeonasmall(imaginary)ScottishIslandwherereaders willencounterthepeopletheyhavereadaboutintheearlierbooks.Thestory is richinthecultureandfollowshumanstorieswithlivelycharactersanddeals withtheissues of today%u2019s world, including climate change and the gap between the rich and entitled.Afterovercoming so many difficulties, the ordinary people living on En-Somi might think thatthingswould settledownatlast,butlife israrelythatsimple.WeeElin,whoseemedlikely tobethenextbardandthefirst evergirlto havethatrole,becomesinvolvedwiththesonofoneofthewealthyelite.Cananythinggood come ofthis?Andthentheyoungteenagervanishes.Hasshelefttheisland?Issheevenstill alive?AndwillMariebe abletohelpher,if sheis found?Throughahotandstormysummer,thefolk ofthelittlevillage ofHusspeculateandworry.OnlytheoldBard, Olaf,becomesconvincedthatallwillbewell.Isitwishfulthinking?Hashemadeamistake, andisthere anotheryoungonewhowillreplacehimwhenhegoes?Andwhatisgoingonattheold airport?Isitfloodingbecauseofrisingsealevels,orissomethingelse happening?Who owns that land, andwhy might anyonewantto see it submerged?Hot,HotSummer continuesthetale ofthefolk thatreaders oftheLonelyIslandseries havemet before.You will notbe able toput it down.Maggie Allder grew up in Cambridgeshire and studied in Winchester, Richmond (Virginia) and Reading, and taughtfor36years.SheisaQuakerandavolunteerforthenon-profit'HumanWrites'whichbefriendsprisoners on American death rows through letter writing. She has previously published eight other novels.Comparative title: 9781800462465 Beyond the Water Meadows (March 2021)Publication Date: 28th November 2024 %u00a39.99 ISBN:9781836280231 Themasubjectcategory:FJ%u2013Adventure/actionfictionpaperback 216 x 138 mm 256 pp Portrait Author location:Hampshire