Today, I’m so delighted to exclusively reveal the cover of Jess Butterworth’s eagerly-anticipated third novel after Running on the Roof of the World and When the Mountains Roared, Swimming Against the Storm which will be published on 4th April 2019 by Hachette.
I’m also super happy because the very lovely people at Hachette have given me five copies of Swimming Against the Storm to give away! Find out more below!
Swimming Against the Storm – Jess Butterworth
Heartland middle-grade adventure set in the swamps of Louisiana, perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell and Lauren St John.
Our land is sinking. It’s disappearing into the water. And no one knows how to save it.
Twelve-year-old Eliza and her sister Avery have lived their entire lives in a small fishing village on the coast of Louisiana, growing up alongside turtles, pelicans and porpoises. But now, with sea levels rising, their home is at risk of being swept away.
Determined to save the land, Eliza and her younger sister Avery secretly go searching in the swamp for the dangerous, wolf-like loup-garou. If they can prove this legendary creature exists, they’re sure that the government will have to protect its habitat – and their community.
But there’s one problem: the loup-garou has never been seen before. And with a tropical storm approaching and the sisters deep, deep in the swampland, soon it’s not just their home at risk, but their lives as well…
Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group
ISBN: 9781510105485
Number of pages: 288
Jess Butterworth
Jess spent her childhood between the UK and India, and grew up hearing stories about the Himalayas from her grandmother. As soon as she was old enough, she went on her own adventures in search of story ideas. After her undergraduate, Jess studied a creative writing Masters at Bath Spa University and now lives between the USA and the UK.
Her articles about creative writing, and short stories, have featured in publications such as The Writers and Artists’ Yearbook and Scoop Magazine. She’s published two novels for children aged 9+, Running on the Roof of the World and When the Mountains Roared. Her third novel, Swimming Against the Storm will be published in April 2019. Jess regularly visits schools and literary festivals where she works with young people and runs creative writing workshops.
Rob Biddulph
He is a bestselling and multi award-winning author/illustrator. He is also the official World Book Day Illustrator for 2019 and 2020. His first picture book, Blown Away, was published in 2014 and was only the second illustrated book in history to win the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. It was read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Mark Bonnar in 2017.
His second book, GRRRRR!, was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway medal and his third, Odd Dog Out, was nominated for a total of eight literary prizes, winning the BSC Festival of Literature Picture Book Award and the UKLA Student Shadower’s Vote Book Award. It was also read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Tom Hardy in 2017. His fourth, Sunk!, was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway medal and shortlisted for The People’s Book Award and Oscar’s Book Prize, and his fifth, Kevin, was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway medal and shortlisted for the BSC Festival of Literature Picture Book Award and the IBW Book Award. His sixth (Happy Hatchday) and seventh (Give Peas a Chance) books are the first two in the Dinosaur Juniors series. Happy Hatchday was awarded a GOLD Junior Design Award in 2018.
As well as working on his own books he also illustrates for other authors including Jeff Brown (the Flat Stanley series), Piers Torday, Jess Butterworth, SE Durrant and Christian O’Connell. Before he became a full-time author/illustrator he was the art director of the Observer Magazine, NME, Uncut, SKY and Just Seventeen.
He lives in London with his wife and three daughters and hasn’t given up hope that, maybe, one of them will go to an Arsenal match with him one day.
Preorder: Swimming Against the Storm is available to pre-order online from Amazon, Hive, Waterstones, WHSmith or from any good bookshop.
Huge thanks to Jess, Dom and all at Hachette for inviting me to host this beautifully vivid cover reveal, I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!
Mr E
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Giveaway!
The very lovely people at Hachette have kindly given me five finished copies of Swimming Against the Storm to give away!
If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning one of these copies of this superb book, simply retweet (RT) this tweet!
Copies to be sent to winners when available from Hachette, just before, near or on publication on 4th April 2019.
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