Becoming Grace by Hilary McKay

Award-winning Hilary McKay brings the childhood of Victorian heroine Grace Darling to life in this heartfelt reimagining of her life up to and including the Forfarshire shipwreck. Despite her fear of boats, Grace Darling loves her life as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper and spends fun-filled childhood days with her three sisters, four brothers, numerous goats, chickens, cats and her beloved dog, Happy. The only shadows come from the many shipwrecks caused by the poor location of their lighthouse, a problem that seems to be fixed when a new one is built further out on the remote Longstone Rock.

But in September 1838, a steamship called the Forfarshire is wrecked on the dangerous Harcar Rock. Grace alerts her father to survivors, but can she find the courage to help him row out through the mountainous waves to rescue them?

Dyslexia friendly edition.

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

Illustrated by:Keith Robinson
Format:Paperback / softback 112 pages, 12 b/w, illus
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Barrington Stoke Ltd
ISBN:9780008700522
Published:10 Apr 2025
Classifications:Interest age: from c 9 years, For reluctant readers (children), Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)
Weight:192g
Dimensions:200 x 131 x 10 (mm)