Wendy Orr > Quotes

“Nim loved the ocean because it was always there, wherever she looked and as far as she could see, but it was too huge and powerful to understand and too dangerous to”
― Wendy Orr, Nim's Island

“She felt like a tiger in a cage, trying to burst free.”
― Wendy Orr, Nim's Island

“Chica was too busy to answer. She dragged her huge body up above the reach of the highest tide and started scooping out sand with her strong front flippers.”
― Wendy Orr, Nim's Island

“before”
― Wendy Orr, Rescue on Nim's Island

“You could see far, far over the sea, every way that it rolled to the ends of the earth.”
― Wendy Orr, Nim's Island

“She didn’t know how she was going to save Selkie, or where they were going to end up, or how they were going”
― Wendy Orr, Nim at Sea

“than she didn’t want to spend the day with the twins. And maybe, just maybe, they’d be different after spending a night on the island. Maybe they’d wake up realising what a special place it was, and how”
― Wendy Orr, Rescue on Nim's Island

“her ankles, because they all knew that Fred needed to see Nim to make him as brave and strong as he could be.”
― Wendy Orr, Rescue on Nim's Island

“tied”
― Wendy Orr, Rescue on Nim's Island

“FIFTEEN MINUTES later,”
― Wendy Orr, Rescue on Nim's Island