In this episode of the Your Kid’s Next Read First Chapters series:
Helen Edwards reads ‘Legend Of The Lighthouse Moon’
Dr Helen Edwards reads the first chapter of her enthralling historical adventure story ‘Legend Of The Lighthouse Moon’
About Helen Edwards
Dr Helen Edwards writes diverse stories of nature, magic and history. She is also a freelance writer, mentor and speaker and has a PhD in Psychology. Helen has type 1 diabetes, and lives with anxiety and ADHD. She likes to include characters in her stories who are neurodivergent and/or who live with physical and mental health conditions, out in the world, having adventures.
Helen is passionate about inspiring action for our planet and encouraging people to understand how important nature is to all of us. Animals and the environment feature in all her stories. Her debut novel, The Rebels of Mount Buffalo, was published by Riveted Press in 2023.
Find out more about Helen Edwards.
About ‘Legend of the Lighthouse Moon’
It’s the 1970s and on Kangaroo Island, Mona McKenna and her brother Albert live with their grandparents at Cape Willoughby Lighthouse. For five long years they have mourned their mother and longed for their missing father to return.
Since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a year earlier, Mona has been increasingly acting in ways that make her hate herself. While she loves the rugged beauty of their isolated sanctuary—and dearly loves her grandparents—she yearns for her parents and finds her diabetes frightening and confusing.
Mona finds solace in the treasures she collects along the island’s shores. But when she encounters a mysterious sea lion pup, Neo, the world as she knows it is forever changed.
The two siblings embark on a journey that leads them to uncover secrets hidden within their family’s past. As they bond with Neo, Mona and Albert’s quest for truth takes them deeper into the heart of Kangaroo Island.
With the fate of their beloved lighthouse hanging in the balance, they must summon courage and resilience to protect their home and the endangered sea lions who call it their own.
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