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The dam

David Almond

201832 pagesabout 30–45 minutes
2018
first published
  • 2018Candlewick Press · ENGISBN 9780763695972
  • 2018Walker Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9781406304879
  • 2019Walker Books, Limited · 32 pages · ENGISBN 9781406386035
  • 2021Candlewick Press · ENGISBN 9781536221022

Kielder Water is a wild and beautiful place, rich in folk music and legend. Years ago, before a great dam was built to fill the valley with water, there were farms and homesteads in that valley and musicians who livened their rooms with song. After the village was abandoned and before the waters rushed in, a father and daughter returned there.

How it reads

Character focusSmall ensemble
ComplexityLayered

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Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesFamily
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