Rosa's Island

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Rosa grew up an orphan in a remote watery island fastness on the wild East coast of Yorkshire. Taken in as a small child by the motherly Mrs Drew she realised as she grew up that this large & seemingly close farming family contained many troubled souls. Mr Drew whose religious fervour held a dark secret; Jim the eldest son who was terrified of something from his past; Delia longing to escape from the island; & tall handsome confident Matthew who wanted only one thing
- Rosa herself. But Rosa's background was one of mystery. Her mother before she drowned in the dyke near their home had always promised that one day Rosa's father would return to her
- a handsome Spaniard with jewels & silks in treasure chests sailing in on a ship with golden sails. Mr Drew knew the secret of Rosa's past
- & so did the two mysterious Irishmen who came back to the island after many years & who threatened everything which Rosa held most dear. Other novels by Valerie Wood include: The Hungry Tide winner of the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction Annie Children of the Tide The Romany Girl Emily & Going Home.