Voices #2: Diver's Daughter: A Tudor Story (Voices #2) Award-winning author by Patrice Lawrence (author) (UK edition)

A gripping heart-in-your-mouth adventure told by Eve, a Tudor girl who sets out on a dangerous journey to change her life for the better.Voices: Diver’s Daughter – A Tudor Story brings Eve and her mother, who was stolen from her family in Mozambique as a child, from the Southwark slums of Elizabethan London to England’s southern coast. When they hear from a Mary Rose survivor that one of the African free-divers who was sent to salvage its treasures is alive and well and living in Southampton, mother and daughter agree to try to find him and attempt to dive the wreck of another ship, rumoured to be rich with treasures. But will the pair survive when the man arrives to claim his ‘share’? Will Eve overcome her fear of the water to help rescue her mother?

In this thrilling adventure based on real events, Patrice Lawrence shows us a fascinating and rarely seen world that’s sure to hook young readers.

ABOUT THE SERIES VOICES: A thrilling series showcasing some of the UK’s finest writers for young people.

Voices reflects the authentic, unsung stories of our past.
Each shows that, even in times of great upheaval, a myriad of people have arrived on this island and made a home for themselves – from Roman times to the present day.

Praise for Diver’s Daughter “a thrilling tale, with the expertly described Tudor world brought to hideous, harsh life” BookTrust“a uniquely fascinating perspective into life in Tudor times.” Books For Topics“engaging and insightful”Aisha, Historical Association UK“exciting and full of tension”Damian, Historical Association UK

Product Details

Catalogue number

2738 in Schools Catalogue 2024–25

Series

Voices (book 2)

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407191409

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

May 2nd, 2019

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.5; Middle years; 5.0 points

Other details

176 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

6books
Voices Pack

eur prices

Price: €46.35

gbp prices

Price: £35.65
5books
What to Read After: Kensuke's Kingdom Pack

eur prices

Price: €48.04

gbp prices

Price: £36.95

Part of this Series

Voices

Author/Illustrator

Patrice Lawrence

Patrice Lawrence is the multi-award-winning author of Orangeboy, which won the 2017 Waterstone’s Book Prize, the 2017 YA Book Prize and was shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Book Awards and the Carnegie Award. Indigo Donut was shortlisted for the Bookseller YA Prize and the Carnegie Award, was Book of the Week in The Times, The Sunday Times and The Observer, and was one of The Times’ top children’s books in 2017.