I understand Zoe is only 10 so should only have the understanding of a 10-year-old; and the book is aimed at older children rather than adults; but I still would have liked the book to be longer to give more of a background because even young kiddies like to know why! p.81) Even though it's really short, and offers no real explanation for the sea-level rise, I really liked how this drops the reader into its world. Unfortunately, despite glaring allusions to "Lord of the Flies" and a couple of mystical references à la William Blake, the whole fails to equal the sum of its parts. Ten-year-old Zoe Black was left behind on Norwich by accident when her parents escaped in the last supply ship to visit the island. Zoe faces many challenges on her journey, particularly when stopping at a small "island" of an old cathedral that is overrun with wild children competing for space and resources.

Set in the near future, global warming has caused the Earth's sea levels to rise and flood the coastal nations around the world. We don't normally get to see the first draft of books, so this one is very informative in that regard. saw Marcus turn his attention to books for younger readers with the launch of a humorous new series: The Raven Mysteries, narrated by a grumpy raven, Edgar.

Floodland is a children's fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published on 2 March 2000 by Orion Children's Books. Set in a world that has suffered from the Ice caps melting, we are taken on a journey that looks at what the world might be like if everywhere flooded. It was a good debut novella but I believe it suffered from the length and the ideas could have been developed further. I would probably use it as a class read at the end of the day alongside another text, or as a discussion point especially in pshe or science. We read this because of our Climate Change topic and it has inspired us as a class to try to halt climate change!

Yes, I always loved myths and legends - I used to read and re-read two books from the library - one a big illustrated edition of Greek Myths and the other Old Peter's Russian Tales. I read this over a weekend so I could use it as a stimulus for the English work the children in the year 6 class I was working with were going to do.I am teaching this to my year 6 class and it has been a great success as it totally engages its readers and is topical and relevant. I am using this book as the basis for a unit of work on placement and very excited to see how the children's work turns out. Marcus has been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal five times, the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (four times). Instead, she escapes with a boy named Munchkin, successfully goes to mainland, and meets her parents that she hadn't seen for a year.