Book description
For anyone who loves the enchanting old-world charm of I Capture the
Castle and the wartime adventure of How I Live Now, this is a book to be
treasured. 'I need to write down what has just happened. I need to set
down the truth. If I write lies or if I write nothing at all, this
journal is worthless. I must do this, in case anything happens. All
right. This is what happened tonight, every single terrible thing that I
can remember . . .' Sophie FitzOsborne lives in a crumbling castle in
the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray, along with her tomboy younger
sister Henry, her beautiful, intellectual cousin Veronica, and
Veronica's father, the completely mad King John. When Sophie receives a
leather journal for her sixteenth birthday, she decides to write about
her life on the island. But it is 1936 and bigger events are on the
horizon. Is everything Sophie knows and loves about the change? From
Sophie's charming and lively observations to a nailbiting, unputdownable
ending, this is a book to be treasured. Michelle Cooper is the author
of The Rage of Sheep and The Montmaray Journals trilogy. The first
Montmaray book, A Brief History of Montmaray, won a NSW Premier's
Literary Award and was listed in the American Library Association's 2010
Best Books for Young Adults. Its sequel, The FitzOsbornes in Exile, was
shortlisted for the NSW and WA Premier's Literary Awards, named a
Children's Book Council Notable Book and listed in Kirkus Best Teen
Books of 2011. Michelle lives in Sydney and is currently working on her
next book for teenagers.
