Godfather Death

Description

A soul-stirring reimagined Grimm tale by award-winning author Sally Nicholls and hauntingly illustrated by Jlia Sard which will spellbind and thrill readers of all ages.
Nominated for a 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration!

When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, hes sure hes made a good choice for surely theres no man more honest than Death? At the christening, Death gives the fisherman a gift that seems at first to be the key to the familys fortune, but when greed overcomes the fisherman, he learns that nobody can truly cheat Death . . .