"For the love of the animals and to the children- the guardians of a better tomorrow"

Turtle Moon is a truly wonderful book celebrating what it means to be alive and live in the moment .

Silver Trevelon is an only child; dad is an artist and mum is a vet but something is wrong- there is a deep sadness between her parents. They have been unable to have another child.

When an invitation arrives for Silver's dad to travel to Costa Rica to create paintings at at a turtle rescue centre, it is felt that the three of them should go in the hope they resolve their differences and possibly start afresh.

Silver befriends Rafa whose father works at the rescue centre led by Ana.

Silver learns what life is like in a rainforest- the natural environment and the abundance of wildlife and most importantly the precarious situation for turtles - becoming extinct from climate change, being eaten by animals and poachers.

Upon discovering rare greenback turtle eggs, everyone is aware how precious they are and their need to hatch but when poachers strike during a storm Silver and Ravi set out on life and death journey to save them.

This is a story about love, healing and recognising the beauty and preciousness of the natural world

Following the superb The Last Bear, Finding Bear and The Lost Whale, Hannah Gold has surpassed herself with this beautiful and moving adventure story. Levi Penfold's illustrations are stunning and add another layer of depth to the book.

I cannot recommend this highly enough as a great adventure read for 9-12 year olds and a brilliant classroom read for upper key stage 2 -particularly if exploring rainforests and survival of species.

An absolute winner- one of the top children's books of 2024

This is an excellent MG book and a book parents, older siblings, grandparents can safely read together with the younger ones.
Silver’s family are going through a difficult time. We are in a rescue centre in Costa Rica, and Silver and her friends help the turtles, and each other.
It is both tender and adventurous. Much appreciated. 4.5 stars.

Wow! What a fabulous book about Silver, a young girl who, along with her parents, travel to Costa Rica. While her father paints pictures to help raise funds for a Turtle sanctuary Silver soon immerses herself in helping at the sanctuary. A fabulous story highlighting the plight of turtles and how we need to do everything we can to help. A story about hope, love and understanding.

I love how Hannah writes beautifully crafted stories that not only raise the issues of dangers facing animals on our planet but also build a cast of characters that you grow to love through the story. Silver is another strong female lead, navigating a difficult family circumstance and the friendship she develops with Rafi gives her the security to understand herself and grow through the story. Set in Costa Rica, this story explores the mission of wildlife sanctuaries trying to protect and help animals in danger and the focus here is on turtle eggs being poached. Woven through the atory and dealt with in a sensitive but direct way is about motherhood and what challenges some women can face in trying to become mothers and the effect that has on both their own mental health and their family around them.
I adored this book and the illustrations by Levi Pinfold and just stunning.

This is by far my favourite of Hannah’s books and definitely her best yet, so much emotion!! I’ve read through the night and now can’t sleep, just brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻