''Not the End of the World'' is a 2004 young adult novel by

Geraldine McCaughrean Geraldine McCaughrean ( ; born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including ''Peter Pan in Scarlet'' (2004), the official sequel to ''Peter Pan'' commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, t ...

. It retells the Biblical story of

Noah's Ark Noah's Ark ( he, תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: ''Tevat Noaḥ'')The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English ''aerca'', meaning a chest or box. (See Cresswell 2010, p.22) The Hebrew word for the vessel, ''teva'', occurs twice in t ...

. The main character is Noah's thirteen-year-old daughter, Timna. The story is also relayed from the points of view of the animals. The novel was first published in 2004 and was the winner of the 2004 Whitbread Children's Book Award.Whitbread Award Winners

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2004 British novels British young adult novels Costa Book Award-winning works Novels about Noah's Ark Children's books based on the Bible Oxford University Press books Children's novels about animals {{2000s-ya-novel-stub