October 2021 Debut of the Month | Vibrant world-building, hilarious horror happenings, and splendidly quirky characters - Alex Foulkes’ debut, Rules for Vampires (the first in a series), has plenty for adventure-loving 9+ year-olds to sink their teeth into, a devour-in-one-bloodthirsty-sitting story that’s made even more engaging by Sara Ogilvie’s cleverly comic illustrations. I hope Farr goes on to write more for children if this, his debut, is anything to go by.Īuthor: Alex Foulkes Illustrator: Sara Ogilvie Format: Paperback Release Date: It will keep readers engaged and probably reading long after bedtime and lights out! Inspired by Farr’s great Aunt and Uncle’s escape from Nazi Germany this adventure is set in a timeless world that could be anywhere so that it will chime with children the world over.
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This is a rich story, full of adventure, peril, and huge bravery from the children and many of the other characters, as well as awful evil. When she dies it is planned that they will be separated into different parts of the grim orphanage that exists.Ĭan they escape that fate, find out the secret of the book they keep hidden and keep it out of evil dictator Malstain’s hands? Meeting a wonderful cast of characters along the way – some good, some bad – they set off on individual journeys across the land to escape Malstain’s reach. For that theft he is captured – leaving the siblings with their ailing mother. Their father is a librarian – and on Rachel’s birthday he involves them in the theft of an important and forbidden book from the precious books room in the city library. Rachel and Robert live in a dictatorship in Brava that makes life very drab and humdrum – as well as very dangerous. This is evident in the confidence with which he controls all the elements in this complex, engrossing fantasy thriller – his first novel for a child audience. October 2021 Debut of the Month | Farr is a master storyteller as evidenced by his phenomenally successful screenwriting and directing for the stage.
For just £2, go, and watch this superb event chaired by Frankie Dumville, one of our star, young Reading AmbassadorsĪuthor: David Farr Format: Hardback Release Date: You can view the event by subscribing to the LitFest programme for as little as £6 per month - or you can pay per view.
The LoveReading LitFest invited Aishling to the festival to talk about her debut novel and the start of a thrilling fantasy series.
One to recommend to fans of A Clock of Stars by Francesca Gibbons and Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray. There will be more adventures for Twelve and co to come, and readers will be counting down the days to the next. Aisling Fowling’s debut is a thrilling fantasy full of battles and creatures the like of which you’ve never seen before, and stars characters you’ll regard as friends by the book’s end. As in the best of these sorts of adventures – and this is definitely an example of the best of these kind of adventures – throughout their trials they learn more about each other and themselves. Together they face multiple dangers and an array of terrifying and tricky monsters. She’s joined on the quest by Dog, the Lodge’s huge, living stone guardian, and by the two boys she likes least. But when the Hunting Lodge is attacked by goblins, and other creatures even worse, and Seven, the only person she has any connection with, is kidnapped, Twelve sets out to rescue the little girl. Full of rage and guilt following the massacre of her family and neighbours, she is determined to remain friendless and dedicate herself to revenge. October 2021 Debut of the Month | Twelve is a Huntling, in training to become a Hunter and pledged to serve the seven clans as a warrior. Author: Aisling Fowler Format: Hardback Release Date:
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