By Piers Torday (author) Part of the Midnight Treasure series
"Set in a richly-imagined realm of vampirs and werwolves, this second Midnight Treasure novel sees Tibor and Roza embark on a race-against-time quest to find the Wolf Crown."
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A dynamic, lyrical, thrilling feast for fans of literary fantasy, Piers Torday’s Wolf Crown begins with Tibor and Roza without “the immortal powers which would once have helped them against an enemy. This was the price paid to discover the Midnight Treasure”. Such is the high-stakes context of the second novel in the author’s celebrated Midnight Treasure series.
While Roza (formerly “a vampir transformed into a dog”, and now a mere “mortal girl”) declares “We are done with that magic of the dark”, Tibor is still hungry for the “unimaginable power” in the Lantern they’d used to beat the White Prince vampir emperor, despite having lost his own wolf strengths. But as innocents are punished and betrayals abound, they remain the only people who can do battle with the White Prince.
Flickering with fire magic, and quivering with the threat of dragons and werewolves, Wolf Crown’ s scope is dazzlingly expansive. Taking in emotional depth and breadth through a plot that pulsates with the dark impulses of the White Prince and its protagonists’ conflicts and courage, it comes recommended for readers of nine and upwards, adults included, who love folklore-infused fantasy.
A breathtaking fantasy world from the award-winning author of The Last Wild. In this spellbinding follow-up to Midnight Treasure, adventure with Tibor and Roza into an empire of vampirs and werwolves. For readers who loved Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures or S.F. Said's Tyger.
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A breathtaking fantasy world from the award-winning author of The Last Wild . In this spellbinding follow-up to Midnight Treasure , adventure with Tibor and Roza into an empire of vampirs and werwolves. For readers who loved Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures or S.F. Said's Tyger.
In a world of vampirs and werwolves, Tibor and Roza are heirs to the throne. They're the only people alive who can defeat the vampir emperor, the White Prince.
If only they could agree on how.
Join them on their epic treasure hunt for the long-lost Wolf Crown. Can they outwit the White Prince's spies, dragons and werwolves - before it's too late?
From the award-winning Piers Torday comes this spectacular, irresistible treasure hunt: there will be clues, spells, imprisonments and escapes, fights, betrayals ... but above all there will be courage and hope.
Praise for Midnight Treasure:
'Stop the hunt for your next epic read because this is a treasure of a fantasy book. High stakes, big heart, frightfully good' A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series
Piers Torday began his career in theatre and then television as a producer and writer. His bestselling first book for children, The Last Wild , was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Award and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as numerous other awards. His second book, The Dark Wild , won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The third book in the trilogy, The Wild Beyond , was published in 2015 to critical acclaim. His next book for children, There May Be a Castle , was published in October 2016.
In regular demand as a speaker at schools and festivals, Piers is also a reading helper with Beanstalk, a former judge on the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a Patron of Reading at Heathmere School and a trustee of the Pleasance Theatre.
Born in Northumberland, Piers now lives in London with his husband and hopefully a cat.
Piers Torday writes...
I was born in Northumberland, which is possibly the one part of England where more animals live than people, and spent my early years crawling around on the floor of the popular children’s bookshop that my mother ran.
The first book I can remember reading is Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. “Stop thief!”
I was a total bookworm and read everything I could lay my hands on, from Beatrix Potter to Babar, Moomintrolls to Hobbits. Some of my favourite books included Stig Of The Dump, The Land of Green Ginger and The Silver Sword.
I also loved comic books, especially all of Tintin and Asterix. So I tried to write one.
When I was 8, I won a cartoon competition in the local paper with my entry “Super Sid”, a comic strip about a superhero called Sid. Unfortunately his main super power was being called Sid, and so he didn’t last long.
My first proper story was written age 13, which starts – ‘Sam was a dog. And like most dogs, he was a detective.’
This should have led to a promising career in canine detective fiction but at school and university I became completely distracted by theatre & comedy, which is where I then started my working life - at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, producing plays and sketch shows, and occasionally writing them too.
I am very proud to still be a Trustee of the Pleasance Theatre, which gave me my first ever job, and every year gives hundreds of new writers, performers, producers and technicians their first break.
After that, I accidentally came up with a successful gameshow called Come and Have A Go If You Think You’re Smart Enough and moved into television. I still work in TV, developing programme ideas and occasionally being allowed to make them – including Argumental and DSF: Olivia Lee (Series 1 &2).
But deep down the thing I most wanted to do was write stories like the ones I grew up on, and after my Dad wrote his first book at the age of 60 - Salmon Fishing In The Yemen - I felt inspired. So I went on a marvellous Arvon Course at Ted Hughes’ old house in West Yorkshire. They were very encouraging – and I began to write a book.
That book eventually became The Last Wild, and I am currently writing the next installment in the story.
In between, I have just been trained as a Volunteer Reader by VRH and can’t wait to start helping children in my local London schools to enjoy books and stories like I did when I was younger.
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A breathtaking fantasy world from the award-winning author of The Last Wild. In this spellbinding follow-up to Midnight Treasure, adventure with Tibor and Roza into an empire of vampirs and werwolves.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Wolf Crown and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Wolf Crown features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Adventure Stories, Fantasy / Magical, Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Wolf Crown was written by Piers Torday and published by Starboard an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
Wolf Crown has 363 pages
Yes it is part of Midnight Treasure series
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