Wild Magic

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Dark, magical and exciting, Cat Weatherill's new fantasy takes the legend of the Pied Piper and gives it an unexpected twist. Mari and her brother Jakob have followed the enchanted music and are now trapped in a world of wild magic. A world as cruel as it is beautiful. And all the time, they are being stalked by a fearsome beast, who needs one of the children to break a centuries-old curse. But the price of breaking the curse is a terrible one . . . A spellbinding and wild adventure, full of unexpected magic and danger.

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[Her] tales appeal to the reader's emotions, pitching genuinely loveable characters into dazzling worlds The Times Educational Supplement Just wonderful ... A magical and moving debut -- on Barkbelly The Times Here is fantasy with a child's voice, with sentences that slip into poetry and sound effects that bring the pages to life The Times Educational Supplement

Author Bio

Cat Weatherill is a performance storyteller, performing internationally at storytelling and literature festivals, on national radio and television, and at schools throughout the United Kingdom. She lives in Wales with her musician husband. Barkbelly was her first novel for children.