A soul-stirring reimagined Grimm tale by award-winning author Sally Nicholls and hauntingly illustrated by Júlia Sardà which will spellbind and thrill readers of all ages.
Nominated for a 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration!
When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, he’s sure he’s made a good choice – for surely there’s no man more honest than Death? At the christening, Death gives the fisherman a gift that seems at first to be the key to the family’s fortune, but when greed overcomes the fisherman, he learns that nobody can truly cheat Death . . .
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Sally Nicholls is the highly-acclaimed author of Ways to Live Forever which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award, among many others. Her most recent title An Island of Our Own was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Award and the Costa Children's Award.
More about Sally NichollsLlanos Martinez Campos was born in Albacete, Spain. After leaving her psychology studies at the University of Granada, Campos joined a theater troupe and began writing performance pieces for children and adults. Since then, she has won several awards, including the prestigious Premio El Barco de Vapor ("Steam Boat Award") in 2014 for The Trea
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