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Tourmaline and the Island of Elsewhere
Series: Tourmaline
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See moreWhen Tourmaline’s mother goes missing, she sets off to find her with her best friends. On their adventure, they encounter a series of challenges that test the children and their friendship. But will they manage to reunite Tourmaline with her mother?
When Tourmaline's mother goes missing, she sets off to find her with her best friends. On their adventure, they encounter a series of challenges that test the children and their friendship. But will they manage to reunite Tourmaline with her mother?
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When Tourmaline’s mother goes missing on a search for precious artefacts, Tourmaline sets off to find her with her best friend George, her new friend (former foe) Mai and her limitless determination. On their adventure, they encounter a band of female pirates, a maze of talking trees and a series of challenges that test the children and their friendship. But will it be enough to reunite Tourmaline with her mother?
The first book in a fun, feminist fantasy adventure series, with a protagonist that flies off the page and into readers’ imaginations. Perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell, Vashti Hardy and Abi Elphinstone.
The first book in a fun, feminist fantasy adventure series, with a protagonist that flies off the page and into readers’ imaginations. Perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell, Vashti Hardy and Abi Elphinstone.
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ISBN: 9781788955911
Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 March 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Little Tiger
Audience: Children
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Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 368
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Ruth Lauren has been a teacher and worked in lots of different offices, but she likes writing best, as well as walking in the woods, cheese, orchids, going to the movies, and reading as many books as she can. She is the author of Prisoner of Ice and Snow and its sequel Seeker of the Crown and currently lives in a Victorian house in the West Midlands in England with her partner and a lot of children and cats.
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