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How to Sail to Somewhere
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A beautiful and deeply moving story about friendship, family, hope and the power of the ocean, for middle-grade readers who love a mystery, from popular children's author Ashleigh Barton. Beatrice Glass - Bea - lives in a tiny fishing village that's sleepy all year until the...
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A beautiful and deeply moving story about friendship, family, hope and the power of the ocean, for middle-grade readers who love a mystery, from popular children's author Ashleigh Barton.
Beatrice Glass - Bea - lives in a tiny fishing village that's sleepy all year until the summertime, when the tourists flock in and most of the locals leave. But summer is also when Bea's favourite person in the entire world, her fun and hilarious uncle, Byron, comes to stay.
On their last day together the previous summer, Byron had given Bea an intriguing antique book containing a map of Somewhere, a mysterious island off the coast, and promised that next summer they'd sail to Somewhere together for their best adventure yet.
That was last year. Now summer has arrived, but Byron hasn't. And now it looks like he never will.
Are the book and Byron's disappearance linked? Byron has left some clues for Bea - a scavenger hunt of sorts designed to bring her and her new friend, Arabella, together and give Bea one last magical summer. Could Somewhere hold the key to both Bea's and Arabella's future?
A story of lost and found, of friendship, family, hope and the power of the ocean, for middle-grade readers who love a mystery.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780734423627
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 March 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Lothian Children's Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 300g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Ashleigh Barton is a children's author and copywriter. Before writing full time, she pursued her love of books (children's books especially) by working in some of Australia's biggest publishing houses, running marketing and publicity campaigns for globally renowned authors and illustrators. Ashleigh has previously published six successful and highly acclaimed picture books and two junior fiction series and has been recognised on the CBCA Notables and/or Shortlist in 2021, 2022 and 2023. She lives in Sydney with her husband, three children and their dog.
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