The House on Hummingbird Island

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Sam Angus

Interest age: 10+
Reading age: 10+

Published by Macmillan Children's Books, 2016

Adventure
Around the world

About this book

At the age of 12, Idie Grace learns that she has inherited a large estate on Hummingbird Island: a tropical but remote island in the West Indies, full of exotic wildlife and secrets.

Idie leaves her home in England with only her governess, family lawyer and pet horse for company. Soon after her arrival, she realises there's a lot she doesn't know about her family history - and starts to delve into her own mother's past on the island.

This is an intriguing and mysterious story, which is full of interesting characters. Perfect for fans of Iva Ibbotson's Journey to the River Sea, and classics like Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess and The Secret Garden.

About the author

Sam Angus has five children and eleven horses and splits her time between Exmoor and London (the horses stay very much on Exmoor). She has been an English teacher and a fashion designer, but is now focusing on writing full-time.

In 2013 Sam was long-listed for the CILIP Carnegie Medal with her first novel, Soldier Dog, which is based on the fascinating true story of animals who gave their lives during the Great War. Her second novel, Hero, takes place on the Home Front during the Second World War and follows the fortunes of two child evacuees who rescue an orphaned foal.