Beyond the Bright Sea

-Winnerofthe2018ScottO'DellAwardforHistoricalFiction- Fromthebestsellingauthorof NewberyHonor–winner WolfHollow,BeyondtheBrightSeaisanacclaimedbestbookoftheyear.AnNPRBestBookoftheYear•AParents’Magazine BestBookoftheYear •ABooklistEditors'Choiceselection•ABookPageBestBookoftheYear • AHornBookFanfareSelection •AKirkus BestBookoftheYear • ASchoolLibraryJournal BestBookoftheYear •ACharlotteObserverBestBookoftheYear• ASouthernLiving BestBookoftheYear •ANewYorkPublicLibrary BestBookoftheYear“Thesightofacampfireonadistantisland…provesthecatalystforaseriesofdiscoveriesandevents—somepoignant,somefrightening—thatMs.Wolkunfoldswithuncommongrace.”–TheWallStreetJournal★ “Crowis adeterminedanddynamicheroine.” —PublishersWeekly★ “Beautiful,evocative.”—Kirkus The movingstoryofanorphan,determinedtoknowherownhistory,whodiscoversthetruemeaningoffamily. Twelve-year-oldCrowhaslivedherentirelifeonatiny,isolatedpieceofthestarklybeautifulElizabethIslandsinMassachusetts.Abandonedandsetadriftinasmallboatwhenshewasjusthoursold,Crow’sonlycompanionsareOsh,themanwhorescuedandraisedher,andMissMaggie,theirfierceandaffectionateneighboracrossthesandbar.Crowhasalwaysbeencuriousabouttheworldaroundher,butitisn’tuntilthenightamysteriousfireappearsacrossthewaterthattheunspokenquestionofherownhistoryformsinherheart.Soon,anunstoppablechainofeventsistriggered,leadingCrowdownapathofdiscoveryanddanger.Vividandheart-wrenching,LaurenWolk’sBeyondtheBrightSeaisagorgeouslycraftedandtenselypacedtalethatexploresquestionsofidentity,belonging,andthetruemeaningoffamily.