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Norah's Ark

Victoria Williamson

Norah's Ark

Paperback
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August 29, 2023
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This powerful novel sensitively highlights some really tough issues, including homelessness, addiction, illness and bullying. The chapters are narrated by Norah and Adam in turn, which enables readers to empathise with both characters. An intriguing, poignant and ultimately uplifting tale, with kindness, compassion and honesty at its heart.
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Synopsis

Norah's Ark is an uplifting tale of empathy, friendship, and finding a sense of belonging in the face of adversity.

Norah Day lives in temporary accommodation, relies on food banks for dinner, and doesn’t have a mum. But she’s happy enough with her dad and a mini zoo of rescued wildlife to care for. Adam Sinclair lives with his parents in a nice house with a private tutor and everything he could ever want. But his life isn’t perfect―far from it. He’s stuck at home recovering from cancer with an overprotective mum and no friends.

When a nest of baby birds brings them together as an animal rescue team, Adam and Norah discover they’re not so different after all. Can they solve the mystery of Norah’s missing mother together? And can their teamwork save their zoo of rescued animals from the rising flood?

Victoria Williamson is donating 20% of her royalties to the UK homelessness charities, Shelter and Shelter Scotland.

Product Information

Number of pages
304
Publisher
Neem Tree Press Limited
#ISBN
Number of pages
9781911107996
Date of Publication
August 29, 2023
Format
Paperback
Weight
280
g
Dimensions
2.3
x
19.7
x
13
cm

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A really stunning book with a deeply satisfying ending.
Jo Cotterill, author of A Library of Lemons and co-author of The Starlight Stables Gang
This is such an important book and powerful for children to read for various reasons, and I am going to make sure I save my copy for when my granddaughter is older. I know it left me thinking long after I turned the last page. I highly recommend Norah's Ark!
Goodreads reviewer - SR

About the author

Victoria Williamson

Victoria Williamson is an award-winning author from Glasgow, Scotland, who has worked as an educator in a number of different countries, including as an English teacher in China, a secondary school science teacher in Cameroon, a teacher trainer in Malawi, and an additional support needs teacher in the UK.

Victoria currently works part time writing KS2 books for the education company Twinkl and spends the rest of her time writing novels for children and adults, visiting schools, libraries and literary festivals to give author talks, and running creative writing workshops. When not writing or talking about books, she’s often to be found up to her knees in mud on an archaeological dig or tangled up in a ball of wool playing with a crochet hook.

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