num_pages: 204
description: The shark was beneath my bed growing large as the room large as the lighthouse rising from unfathomable depths until it ripped the whole island from its roots. The bed was a boat the shark a tide and it pulled me so far out to sea I was only a speck a spot a mote a dying star in an unending skyJulia 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 mothers obsession threatens to submerge them all Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hopeA beautiful lyrical uplifting story about a mother a daughter and love  with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.
language: English
title: Julia and the Shark
publisher: Orion Children's Books