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Harsu and the Werestoat

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Harsu and the Werestoat

Contributors:

By (Author) Barbara Else

ISBN:

9781776572199

Publisher:

Gecko Press

Imprint:

Gecko Press

Publication Date:

1st April 2019

UK Publication Date:

1st March 2019

Country:

New Zealand

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

823.92

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

240

Description

Harsu has five droplets of god blood and a treasured cloak to remember his father by. Now his father is gone, he lives with his mother, his only friend an old onager donkey. And something is not right with Harsus mother. She has started kidnapping children, and sometimes her skin grows a soft down, little sharp ears emerge, and she turns into a horrible stoat. Harsu doesnt know if five droplets of god blood are enough to help him rescue the kidnapped children and turn his own mother to good. And now that he is twelve, he too might be becoming a were-animal ...

Reviews

"Else has built a fantastical world, rich in detail and imagination."

-- NZ Booklovers

"This is such a gripping, marvellous book I cant wait for you to discover its magical highways, its fascinations and its gripping secrets."

-- Poetry Box

Author Bio

Barbara Else is one of New Zealands most successful writers, for adults and children. Her Tales of Fontania seriesincluding The Travelling Restauranthas been published around the world and her 2018 release Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic NZ Women is a bestseller. Else is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature, and has worked as a university tutor, editor and freelance writer. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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