Böcker av Maggie Allder

Rich in culture and detail, this is the fourth book in The Lonely Island series about life on a small (imaginary) Scottish island. The series follows lively characters and includes human stories that deal with the issues of today's world.

Marie and her family are safe inside their little home, but outside on the wild moor stands Jarvis, watching their bothy. He is bare foot and unkempt. What does he want of the people he is watching? Why is he there? Why is it that he seems so often to be close to places where there is trouble? Is Marie right to fear this strange man?

For the first nine years of her life, she was held in modern day slavery. She saw violence, she knew cold and hunger, she experienced the death of those close to her. It was no life for a child. And now she is free.

For years the world has been torn apart by pandemics and civil war, but at last the country is getting back to normal. Daisy lives in a care home and, with her friends, begins to explore the city beyond the Water Meadows where she has grown up.

Living in a homeless encampment on the edge of Winchester, Giorgio has become separated from his parents. With great determination, he sets out to find then; unaware of the difficulties he will encounter searching for missing people in a neo-fascist state.