The Rage of the Sea Witch

A new adventure series about the pivotal moments of discovery through the ages, bringing the past to life with a generous helping of fantasy, humour and delightful, black and white illustrations. Shaman by name and shaman by nature - Billy just hasn''t found his magic ... yet. His selfish, globetrotting parents abandon him for yet another summer in Charles Darwin''s strange, museum-like house, where Billy stumbles across a 200-year-old giant talking tortoise named Charles Darwin, by the famous man himself. Charles D, the tortoise, knows every inch of the house and every artefact in it, and he''s keen to help Billy realise his powers and set him on the path to adventure. A beautifully carved Inuit ivory necklace is the first object that whisks him back in time to the shrieking chaos of an Arctic blizzard to meet its rightful owner, a girl called Ahnah, her shape-shifting grandmother and the mysterious explorer Pytheas.

About the author

Roland Chambers is an author and illustrator who lives on a tumbledown farm with his family and plenty of pigs near Dartmoor. He is the prize-winning writer of The Last Englishman, a biography of Arthur Ransome (Faber 2009) for adults. Roland is Writer in residence for First Story, England's leading creative writing charity for young people. rolandchambers.com Twitter: @RolyChambers

Product details

• Authors: Roland Chambers, Chambers Roland
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9781789541465
• ISBN: 978-1-78954-146-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 14 mm
• Series: The Adventures of Billy Shaman
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Ancient Civilizations, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Polar Regions, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Interest age: from c 7 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples