The Blackthorn Branch
$17.09
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2022
Summary
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing
Cassie’s older brother Byron has fallen in with the wrong crowd – it’s soon clear these boys are wild, reckless and not human at all. They are tylwyth teg – Fair Folk, who tempt humans down into the dark places of the world. And Byron is tempted.
When he goes missing, Cassie and her cousin, Siân, follow his trail to an old abandoned railway tunnel which goes down and down into Annwn, the underworld. Here they find that the tylwyth …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839132032 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839132035 |
| Author: | Elen Caldecott |
| Publisher: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 219g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-12 |
Critics Review
“A story of magic, courage, redemption and recovery… a superb fantasy adventure” * LoveReading4Kids *
Elen Caldecott
Elen Caldecott graduated with an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University and was highly commended in the PFD Prize for Most Promising Writer for Young People. Before becoming a writer, she was an archaeologist, a nurse, a theatre usher and a museum security guard. Elen’s debut novel, How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant, was shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Children’s Prize and longlisted for the 2010 Carnegie Medal.
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