The Man Who Came and Went author-Abi Elphinstone Readers will delight in witnessing

Readers will delight in witnessing this gifted author discover her love of stories and storytelling and seeing the first sparks of the writer she was to become

that could mean taking the life of the man who may—or may not—be her father

Winner of Britain's covetedCarnegie Medalfor the finest children's novel of the year

But while Sophie’s busy rounding up and interrogating suspects

the mysterious boy with tattoos of the ocean whose family owns the marina

The Man Who Came and Went author-Abi Elphinstone Readers will delight in witnessingThe Man Who Came and Went, a novel of the new west, is a magically realistic story for the modern era that will tease your understanding and beliefs, and draw you into the mysteries of the universe, from the brilliant mind of Joe Stillman, acclaimed Academy Award nominated co writer of Shrek. Fifteen year old Belutha Mariah, our storyteller, is the oldest of three kids from three different fathers. Her lifes goal is to keep her dysfunctional mom,