{"product_id":"becoming-grace-9780008700522","title":"Becoming Grace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAward-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 \u003cem\u003eForfarshire\u003c\/em\u003e shipwreck.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite her fear of boats, Grace Darling loves her life as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper and spends fun-filled childhood days with her three sisters, four brothers, numerous goats, chickens, cats and her beloved dog, Happy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only shadows come from the many shipwrecks caused by the poor location of their lighthouse, a problem that seems to be fixed when a new one is built further out on the remote Longstone Rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in September 1838, a steamship called the \u003cem\u003eForfarshire\u003c\/em\u003e is wrecked on the dangerous Harcar Rock. Grace alerts her father to survivors, but can she find the courage to help him row out through the mountainous waves to rescue them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParticularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilary McKay is one of Britain's best-loved children's authors. Her books--including \u003cem\u003eSaffy's Angel, The Skylarks' War, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Swallows' Flight\u003c\/em\u003e --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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barrington Stoke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384301912338,"sku":"9780008700522","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4dc03576-3e26-4615-9ad1-b7f2db913bd5.jpg?v=1750169101","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-grace-9780008700522","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}