JULIA AND THE SHARK

By Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Synopsis

Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer - her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother's obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope...

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Narrator	Aysha Kala
Length	4hrs
Catalogue No.	618244
Publisher	Orion Children's Books; 2021

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