The Wind on Fire Trilogy: Firesong (The Wind on Fire Trilogy)
By (Author) William Nicholson
HarperCollins Publishers
Farshore
7th May 2020
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction
Social Integration and assimilation
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Gender identity
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Paperback
352
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
240g
The third and final book in William Nicholsons award-winning epic fantasy series, Wind on Fire.
Gloriously cinematic and completely enthralling Independent
"I hate school! I hate ratings! I won't reach higher! I won't strive harder! I won't make tomorrow better than today!" In the walled city state of Aramanth, rules are everything. When Kestrel Hath dares to rebel, the Chief Examiner humiliates her father and sentences the whole family to the harshest punishment. Desperate to save them, Kestrel learns the secret of the wind singer, and she and her twin brother, Bowman, set out on a terrifying journey to the true source of evil that grips Aramanth . . .
Fantasy books for children dont get more spectacular than The Wind Singer. Since first publication, William Nicholsons Wind on Fire trilogy has been translated into over 25 languages and won prizes including the Blue Peter Book Award and Smarties Prize Gold Award. One of the greatest writers of our time, William Nicholsons has not only sold millions of childrens books worldwide, he also written for the screen and the stage, including the Oscar-winning film Gladiator and the BAFTA-winning play Shadowlands.
William Nicholson was for many years a television producer, making documentary films. This lead to writing television plays (Shadowlands, Life Story, Sweet as You Are, The March), and then stage plays (Shadowlands, Map of the Heart, Katherine Howard, The Retreat from Moscow) and films (Shadowlands, Sarafina, Nell, First Knight, Gladiator). He is married with three children.