Summary
On her 13th birthday Maia, who has been brought up by Tareth, the weaver and warrior who she has always believed is her father, falls into an adventure that will take her on a perilous journey to a kingdom poisoned by bitterness and jealousies. A kingdom that she must save.
Tareth is no ordinary weaver - the silk he weaves sings of destiny and danger, of Maia’s future. Because she is no ordinary girl either. She has always been the flame-headed outsider among the Cliff Dwellers, but s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444009477 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444009478 |
| Author: | Sheila Rance |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Orion Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
… it’s hard not to be won over by the zest and originality of Sheila Rance’s debut novel Sun Catcher, set in the Bronze Age Far East… Sun Catcher is a fine and unusual children’s tale. - THE TELEGRAPH - Martin Chilton
And so the quest is set in this, although first part of a trilogy, completely self-contained story. Reading the book what came across was a love of nature what with the animals such as the leopard, eagle, lizard and moths that adorn the cover. Plus the animals have names, and the relationships with the humans are close, together with a touch of magic. - BOOKISH VARIETY - 11/02/13Flame-haired Maia has known she was different from the Cave Dwellers since the day many years before when she and her father Tareth were washed up, half-drowned, on their beach. But now she is thirteen, and her destiny as the Sun Catcher who must save a distant land from failed harvests and starvation is slowly revealed to her. - THE BOOKBAGAbout The Author
Sheila Rance
Sheila Rance works as a teacher and dyslexia tutor in Sussex. She recently studied for an MA in Children’s Literature at Bath Spa University, where SUN CATCHER won the annual UNITED ARTISTS’ PRIZE for the most promising first 15,000 words of a children’s novel in her final year. It was also shortlisted in the CHICKEN HOUSE MA GRADUATE CHILDREN’S AUTHOR competition. Her research is thorough and makes full use of the internet, as well as travel.
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