Branford Boase 2021 Award Winner
Times Children’s Book of the Week 22 Feb 2020
“A magnificent adventure full of peril, twists and thrilling cat-and-mouse chases. The world of the City is impeccably crafted, vivid and believable – the cluttered workshops and dripping stone walls seem so utterly real.” BookTrust
“A lecturer at the University of Oxford, [Murray] has an extraordinary imagination. Blissfully, the end feels like the start of a new adventure. Murray can’t write it fast enough.” The Times
“At times verging on a seaside steampunk aesthetic.” Daily Express
“Orphans rubs shoulders with the very best of the fantasy genre in that beneath the other-worldly narrative runs a throbbing seam of pain and struggle and emotion that rings just as true as any gritty, tear-jerking drama.” Just Imagine
“Unpredictable, filled with plot twists and shades of moral grey, Orphans of the Tide is both gripping and original – it demands a sequel.” Observer
When a mysterious boy washes in with the tide, the citizens believe he’s the Enemy – the god who drowned the world – come again to cause untold chaos. Only Ellie, a fearless young inventor living in a workshop crammed with curiosities, believes he’s innocent. But the Enemy can take possession of any human body and the ruthless Inquisition are determined to destroy it forever. To save the boy, Ellie must prove who he really is – even if that means revealing her own dangerous secret . . .
Cover art by Manuel Šumberac
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