A girl named Zoe is left alone by her parents in the ruins of Norwich, which has become an island where food and water are becoming increasingly scarce. She leaved all the people that were fighting to get on the boat, and went for an unknown journey with only a compass. Instead, she escapes with a boy named Munchkin, successfully goes to mainland, and meets her parents that she hadn't seen for a year. Yes, I always loved myths and legends - I used to read and re-read two books from the library - one a big illustrated edition of Greek Myths and the other Old Peter's Russian Tales.

I found the end to be a bit of an anti-climax after all the drama building in the first ¾ of the book.Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. An easy and quick read that is set in the near future where global warming causes sea levels to rise, which then causes floods. With both your publisher and author hat on, what advice can you give would-be children's authors in getting published?

She escapes to Eels Island ( Ely Cathedral) where she discovers a sinister society run by a strange boy named Dooby. The names of the lands and dwelling places are taken from Jerusalem and Blake’s visionary imagination).Like Zoe, I would have liked to know more about what happened to all the people: 'Why aren't there more people here?