In a Nutshell: family secrets – ghosts – loss and love
This story of a young orphan girl feels part of a tradition going back to Eva Ibbotson, or even Frances Hodgson Burnett. It’s 1912 and Idie is a fierce young woman – with no parents she’s had to be – and she’s more than able to cope when she is suddenly called ‘home’ from England to the Caribbean Humming Bird Island, and installed as mistress of a grand old house.
At first her closest companions are her horse and parakeet, but she soon makes friends with the people of the house and island, and they help her unravel the mystery of her family and past. With a cast of eccentric characters, a beautiful, exotic setting and drawing on overlooked but fascinating stories from history too, this is a rich and rewarding read. ~ Andrea Reece
Recommended for fans of Eva Ibbotson, Hilary McKay, Katherine Rundell and Michelle Magorian.
'We're going to a fine place,' Idie told Homer to console him, 'with gullies and monkeys and hummingbirds.'
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'We're going to a fine place,' Idie told Homer to console him, 'with gullies and monkeys and hummingbirds.' Idie Grace is twelve when she inherits a grand old house on a Caribbean island, and is sent away from grey old England to a place where hummingbirds hover and monkeys clamber from tree to tree. As a lady of property Idie can do as she pleases, so she fills the house with exotic animals, keeps her beloved horse in the hallway, and carries a grumpy, talking cockatoo called Homer on her shoulder.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The House on Hummingbird Island and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-12 years old
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The House on Hummingbird Island was written by Sam Angus and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The House on Hummingbird Island has 390 pages