From Seven to the Sea Rūta Briede was highly commended for the

was highly commended for the Kate Greenaway medal

Symphonic in structure and epic in scale

and a persistent hallucination in the form of a gnome

art and literature - she has flashes of brilliance

From Seven to the Sea Rūta Briede was highly commended for theFrom Seven to the Sea explores the emotions of childhood and an almost limitless capacity for imagination, invention, and fearlessness as it charts the survival of seven year old Esther as she negotiates her mother and stepfathers dysfunction, and a school environment that exposes her to further prejudice and injustice. It is a window onto the world of a child who rejects convention and expectation, and who embarks on an expedition into liberty and