The Island with the Manor
Content : A mystery on the boundaries of reality, dreams and magic, on a windswept island!
One winter’s night, on an island in the Atlantic, Adam spots a strange girl on the beach below his home. A very pale girl with long, wet hair, who looks like a drowned person. When he tries to help her, Adam finds himself drawn into a dangerous quest, caught between the present and the past, reality and dreams…
Awards and nominations:
Winner of the Carnot Secondary School Literary Prize, awarded by Place Ronde bookshop in Lille (2018)
Shortlisted for the 2019 Prix de l’Estuaire in the CM2/Year 7 category
Shortlisted for the Bois d’Arcy Readers’ Prize (Médiathèque de la Tremblaye)
Shortlisted for the 2020 Prix Bouquin Malin
Longlisted for the Prix Littéraire de l’Imaginaire
