description: A night of wild storm, a shipwreck, the sudden appearance of a stranger - that is how it all begins. The stranger is Finn Learson, a young and handsome man who seems the only survivor of a wreck. The Henderson family gladly give him shelter.Young Robbie is puzzled by the secret smile Finn Learson sometimes wears, and later by other things - a gold coin, strange omens in the ashes of a fire, an escape that seems miraculous. His grandfather's tales reveal the Henderons have bring a terrible danger into their midst, for Finn Learson is nothing of what he seems to be.
language: English
title: A Stranger Came Ashore
titlecomplete: A Stranger Came Ashore (Kelpie)
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, Magic, Scotland, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Supernatural, Fiction
ratings_count: 743
places: Scotland
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Canongate Books Ltd