The house on Hummingbird Island
Angus, Sam2016
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Total copies: 1
12-year-old Idie Grace inherits a dilapidated, grand old house on a tropical island, and fills it with exotic animals. For Eva Ibbotson and Katherine Rundell fans. Ages: 9+. 'We're going to a fine place,' Idie told Homer to console him, 'with gullies and monkeys and hummingbirds.' Idie Grace is twelve when she inherits a grand old house on a Caribbean island, and is sent away from grey old England to a place where hummingbirds hover and monkeys clamber from tree to tree.As a lady of property Idie can do as she pleases, so she fills the house with exotic animals, keeps her beloved horse in the hallway, and carries a grumpy, talking cockatoo called Homer on her shoulder. But the island house holds as many secrets as it does animals, and the truth behind Idie's inheritance is the biggest secret of all . . .Perfect for fans of Eva Ibbotson and Katherine Rundell
Main title:
The house on Hummingbird Island / Sam Angus ; illustrated by Steph Laberis.
Author:
Angus, Sam, authorLaberis, Steph, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2016.
Collation:
390 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781447263036 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92T
Local class:
GR HIGH
Language:
English
Subject:
Children's storiesFiction 9+GeneralChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Traditional storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Family & home storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Historical fictionInterest age: from c 9 yearsChildren's / Teenage fiction: General fictionChildren's / Teenage fiction: Animal storiesChildren's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues
BRN:
295539