Floris Books should be congratulated for making Mollie Hunter's book widely available again - they are perennial favourites and deservedly so. 'A fantastic, gripping tale based on the traditional Scottish legend of the Selkie Folk, and set on the beautiful, windswept Shetland Isles. 'The haunting mystery of this story grips the reader to the end.' When Finn Learson staggers out of a stormy sea into a village on the Shetland Isles, he brings a secret with him. A Stranger Came Ashore (Harper Trophy Book) Paperback Apby Mollie Hunter (Author) 16 ratings Part of: Harper Trophy Books (Paperback) (30 books) See all formats and editions Hardcover 4.95 3 Used from 4.95 Paperback 8.37 24 Used from 1.35 1 Collectible from 27.80 Mass Market Paperback from 35.66 1 Used from 35. First published nearly forty years ago, Mollie's story remains as intriguing and beguiling as ever.' 'Mollie Hunter's books have stood the test of time and it's a joy to have a new edition of A Stranger Came Ashore. Of all those, A Stranger Came Ashore and Pinballs are the only ones I recall - and A Stranger Came Ashore is the only one I've re-read regularly since that time. Elizabeth Wein, The Guardian, What are the best Scottish children's books? When I was maybe ten, my father brought this book home along with several others from a graduate class he was taking on children's literature.

A Stranger Came Ashore, like all Mollie Hunter's books, is stunning in its blend of local tradition and belief, legend and life.' But for me, the most wonderful and true moment of the book happens when Robbie manages to hold and feel the furnace-like heat of a baby seal. He was tall, but very thin and stooped, and he dressed always in black. 'I feel sure there's no more magical yet believable scene in literature than the lead-in to the final battle of A Stranger Came Ashore, as the straw-clad Guisers of Up Helly Aa dance from home to home in the green glow of the aurora borealis. His eyes glittered in a sharp and knowing way.

A stranger came ashore by mollie hunter