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Author: Webb, Holly

For National Curriculum Key Stage 2

Published on 13 April 2023 by Hachette Children’s Group (Orion Children’s Books) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 256 pages
128 x 196 x 21 | 216g

‘A captivating, beautiful story … will bring joy into the hearts of many, many readers’ Sophie Anderson, author of The House With Chicken LegsThe animals of Greenriver are in danger. Can Sedge and Silken find their way along the river to each other in time to save their homes? A gorgeously illustrated adventure story that readers aged 8+ will treasure.

Sedge is the reluctant

heir to the leadership of the Greenriver otter holt. His first spring he was nearly drowned in a flash flood that swept through the otter community. Now it’s spring again, and the

river is rising dangerously once more. With the holt threatened, Sedge is

convinced he must be the one to save them – if only he’s brave enough to journey downstream to find help…

Silken has never felt she

truly belonged in the beaver lodge. She’s too small, too weak, and her

strange singing makes the practical and strong beavers feel uneasy. When she

is blamed for an accident, Silken knows she will never fit in. She must

seize her courage and venture upstream to find a new life…

As the two animals journey towards

each other on a quest to unravel their true destinies, Sedge and Silken are

drawn towards the heart of the turbulent river and its age-old song, which

has the power to change all who hear its music.