Journeys in literature: The Voyage of QV66 by Penelope Lively

A children’s book that makes no concessions to younger readers, this superlative animal adventure leads you on an unforgettable trip

With a dependable, rough-coated narrator, a climate-changed world and a band of pilgrims varied enough to rival Chaucer’s Canterburians, Penelope Lively’s superlative The Voyage of QV66, first published in 1978, combines playfulness, originality and moments of pure terror in a quest like no other.

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