Lilly Melkun is out fishing with her sea-cat when the bloodthirsty Reavers come raiding and steal the Prime Minister's daughter. Her village blamed, Lilly decides to find the girl. Off she sails in secret with a ransom - an extraordinary talking jewel. But nothing can prepare her for what happens next...
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Emily Diamand studied Environmental Science at university and went on to work on organic farms and then for Friends of the Earth. Her debut novel, FLOOD CHILD, (first published as REAVER'S RANSOM) won the inaugural Times/Chicken House award for Children's Fiction in 2009, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase award in the same year and was awarded Best Youn
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