The Island

An evocative and gripping novel about three teens on their gap year in India. The Beach meets Passage to India.

Otto, Jen and Charlotte have planned the trip of a lifetime to India for their gap year, before going their separate ways to university. For Charlotte, it's an opportunity to get involved in an environmental project and finally feel like she's doing something worthwhile; for Otto, it's the perfect opportunity to take some real photos to help his career as a photojournalistic; for Jen, it's the realisation of a lifelong dream.

But when Otto discovers the body of a girl on the beach, things take a sinister turn as he finds himself a prime suspect in her murder. Together Otto, Charlotte and Jen start to unravel the mystery behind the girl's death. Can they discover the truth and clear Otto's name and even if they do will they be able to handle what they find as their dreams of paradise crumble around them...

Reviews

'Sarah Singleton has both a fertile imagination and the verbal dexterity to bring her ideas vividly to life. Wonderful descriptions, skilful pacing and an inventive plot make for a novel to delight and surprise the reader.' Armadillo

'Sarah Singleton is outstanding at creating creepy magical settings...' The Saturday Times

'Sarah Singleton is becoming a major novelist in the teenage fiction scene.' The Independent

'The writing is dense, highly sensuous, almost poetic' The Bookbag

'Sarah Singleton writes intense stories in prose that manages to be both richly textured and colloquial.' The Sunday Times

About The Author

Sarah Singleton was born in Northamptonshire, studied in Nottingham and has travelled widely. She lives in Chippenham with her family and worked until recently as senior reporter for the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald. She is the author of Century, Heretic, Sacrifice and The Amethyst Child for Simon and Schuster.