Age Group: 9 - 12 Years, 12+ Years

Description:

From the celebrated author of War Horse comes a quietly powerful illustrated story about war, love, and the courage it takes to truly see another person. As a small boy, Michael is both fascinated and frightened by his grandfather, a man with a scarred face and missing fingers, whose ship was torpedoed during the Second World War. He is warned never to stare, never to ask questions, never to make too much noise. But as Michael grows up and begins spending summers fishing with Grandpa on the Isles of Scilly, he slowly hears the painful story of what happened that night at sea, and of the wife and daughter who could not bear to stay. Tenderly told and beautifully illustrated in ink and screen-print by Gemma O'Callaghan, this short, deeply moving book is about loss, survival, and the simple act of looking with love.