Somerset Tsunami

A sinking boat. A girl in disguise. A disappearing sea.

When Fortune Sharpe carves a boat from a tree with her beloved brother, Gem, she’s only having a bit of fun. But now is not the time for a girl to be drawing attention to herself. She is sent away to find work dressed as a boy. Luckily a rich manor house is hiring.

Yet Barrow Hill’s inhabitants harbour dangerous secrets of their own, the suspicious owner is hunting for witches, and the house itself is a little too close to the sea.

Published by Faber & Faber

About the author:

Emma Carroll was a secondary school English teacher for many years. She has written the highly-acclaimed Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked on Air, In Darkling Wood, The Snow Sister, Strange Star, Letters from the Lighthouse, Secrets of a Sun King, When We Were Warriors, The Somerset Tsunami and The Week at World’s End (out in May 2021).

Emma was shortlisted twice for the Shrewsbury Bookfest Book Award – in 2016 and in 2018.  Emma is also leading creative writing workshops in primary schools across Shropshire for the Shrewsbury Bookfest Schools’ Week 2021 project.