Where the World Ends - McCaughrean, Geraldine
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In the summer of 1723, 8 boys and 3 men were marooned on a rocky stack in the middle of the sea at the edge of the Outer Hebrides. This beautiful and extraordinary book tells the story of how they survived nine months of deadly storms, madness and starvation with only a few ropes and baskets, and their own fortitude and endurance to save them.

Produktbeschreibung
In the summer of 1723, 8 boys and 3 men were marooned on a rocky stack in the middle of the sea at the edge of the Outer Hebrides. This beautiful and extraordinary book tells the story of how they survived nine months of deadly storms, madness and starvation with only a few ropes and baskets, and their own fortitude and endurance to save them.
Autorenporträt
Geraldine McCaughrean is one of today's most successful and highly regarded children's authors. She has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award (three times), the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award (four times) and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. In 2005 she was chosen from over 100 other authors to write the official sequel to J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan". "Peter Pan in Scarlet" was published in 2006 to wide critical acclaim.Geraldine lives in Berkshire with her husband, daughter and golden retriever, Daisy.
Rezensionen
It's a rare book that can transport us back into the rapture of childhood reading, but this is one. The Guardian