Her writing conjures such a vivid sense of place, the lush wildness of the natural world a fitting backdrop for an adventure that requires great independence and courage.

I also loved Kiran's style of writing as I had read one of her other books before and she is one of my favourite authors. He was trying to get the children to live in a cottage but the children didn't like it, they were sad. Millwood is very good on keeping the book to historical realism with also giving it an easy way to understand it. Kiran Millwood Hargrave was born in Surrey in 1990, and her earliest ambition was to be a cat, closely followed by a cat-owner or the first woman on Mars. Across the fierce water and through the forest, Ami faces many challenges, but the hardest one of all is waiting for her at home.Mr Zamora, a government representative, forces all untouched children under the age of 18 to leave their families and sail to Coron. Having read Millwood Hargrave's debut novel The Girl of Ink and Stars last year, I already knew I was going to enjoy her newest release if it possessed half as much magic as its predecessor. It has an original plot, strong characters, and shows not to judge a person by their disability; a book I'd recommend everyone to read!

One day a man named Mr Zamora comes into the church and during their congregation and states that he has been sent by the government to separate those with and without leprosy so that they can give a better life to those without it.Hargrave has weaved some very important topics into the novel, such as melancholic issues that relate to death, disabilities, illness, mental health and prejudice.