After 12-year-old Megan Evans almost dies, she is packed off to the tiny, remote coastal village of Pelican Rock to recover. Sure she is going to be bored in a place which doesn't even have the internet, she discovers there is much more to Pelican Rock that she expected. Are the pelicans really magic? What is the secret of the ruined lighthouse? Has she found the place where she belongs? And, perhaps, not just a place... This first novel by talented new writer Stephen Hart is a magical, moving, memorable story that will grip readers from the start. A joy to read: the kind of story that made me want to be a writer. (Cassandra Golds)