Pinch Perkins and the Midsummer Curse

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Midsummers Eve is about to get a whole lot more magical!
Someone is misusing magic. Curses have been cast and terrifying creatures are on the move . . .

Twelve-year-old Pinch Perkins lives on Tricky Dragon Lane, deep in the heart of Londons magical quarter. But when her mum is struck by a curse, and nobody seems to have a clue what to do, Pinch knows its down to her to find a cure.

Racing the clock on Midsummer's Eve, Pinch will face the terrifying boss of the Thames Mudlarks, dance with the devious fairy king and queen and share a burger with King Arthur's knights . . . all while trying to avoid the clutches of two fearsome villains out to SQUISH her!

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Cathy FitzGerald is a writer, producer and presenter. Her first radio documentary The Magic Carpet Flight Manual was broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2010 and won the Radio Academy Production Award for Best Newcomer. Since then shes made many more features for the BBC and has won Prix Marulic, Whickers World, APAs, ARIAs and Third Coast Festival awards for her work both as producer and presenter.

Cathy is the founder and caretaker of Strange & Charmed, a school for people who tell stories in sound.

When not making documentaries, Cathy writes websites, audio tours and apps for many of the UKs major cultural institutions including The National Gallery, Tate, the Imperial War Museum and the V&A. She has a DPhil on the works of Charles Dickens.