Jill Paton Walsh’s intriguing philosophical fable, set on a fictitious Mediterranean island in medieval Europe.
It is, perhaps, the 15th century and the ordered tranquility of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order; the other, a child abandoned by her mother and suckled by wolves, who knows nothing of the precarious relationship between church and state but whose innocence will become the subject of a dangerous experiment.
About the Author
Jill Paton Walsh was the author of several highly praised novels for adults and many widely acclaimed children’s books