| Title | : | Becoming Grace |
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| Author | : | Hilary McKay |
| Release | : | 2025-04-10 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Kids & Young Adults |
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| 1 | Becoming Grace | Hilary McKay |
| Award-winning Hilary McKay brings the childhood of Victorian heroine Grace Darling to life in this heartfelt reimagining of her life up to and including the Forfarshire shipwreck. Grace Darling nearly drowned when she was eight years old, leaving her with a fear of boats and the sea. But it’s a fear she has to overcome as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, living on the Longstone Rock with her parents, four brothers, three sisters and her beloved dog, Happy. Losses at sea bring shadows to an otherwise idyllic childhood, but everything Grace learns growing up on the coast is put to the test in 1838, when The Forfarshire is wrecked on the Harcar Rock, and she has to row out through the storm to the rescue. Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8. Reviews "Hilary McKay has a unique gift for bringing to life whole families – whole worlds – in a matter of moments with her crystal-clear prose and her artist's eye for detail. This little book shines like sea treasure – a true story, beautifully told and glittering with life." — Lucy Strange "I stepped into Grace's world and hung on every word of her story – an enormously warm and vivid account of a real heroine, by one of our greatest writers for children." — Lissa Evans "The truly engaging story of Grace Darling’s early life. Often studied as a ‘significant individual’ in the primary History curriculum, this book will be an invaluable resource to support learning and Reading for Pleasure … Readers will have opportunity to consider gender expectations of the time period, the responsibilities held by lighthouse keepers, the dangers of the rocks along the coast of Northumberland and the reality of loneliness when living remotely." — Scope for Imagination, blog About the author Hilary McKay is one of Britain’s best-loved children’s authors. Her books—including Saffy's Angel, The Skylarks' War, and The Swallows' Flight —have been published in over 30 languages and have won the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, and countless other accolades. |
