This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 368 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Chicken House .

Emily Diamand studied Environmental Science at university and went on to work on organic farms and then for Friends of the Earth. Her debut novel, FLOOD CHILD, (first published as REAVER'S RANSOM) won the inaugural Times/Chicken House award for Children's Fiction in 2009, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase award in the same year and was awarded Best Young Adult Fiction in 2011 by the American Library Association. FLOOD CHILD has sold almost 100, 000 copies worldwide and has been licensed for translation in 18 languages. Visit Emily at www. emilydiamand. com.