Hodder Children's Books

Title: Jackdaw Summer
Author: David Almond

A long hot summer

A wild boy

An abandoned baby

An act of violence

Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland – but this year things are different. One hot summer’s day a jackdaw leads the two boys into an ancient farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it: PLESE LOOK AFTER HER RITE. THIS IS A CHILDE OF GOD.

And so begins Jackdaw Summer. A summer when friendships are tested. A summer when lines between good and bad are blurred. A summer that Liam will never forget …

ISBN: 978-0-340-88198-9 | 240 Pages
Size: 152x229

Hardback £10.99