The Whistlers in the Dark - Longlisted for the Young Quills Prize 2024

The Whistlers in the Dark is an historical fantasy for Middle Grade readers. Set at the Roman fort in the author's hometown of Kirkintilloch, it tells the story of friendship overcoming the desire for revenge and leading to forgiveness. Based on the historical records of the Antonine wall and the tribes of Central Scotland, it brings these together with Scottish legends of standing stones going walking at night to weave a tale of courage and adventure.

About the author

VICTORIA WILLIAMSON is a former teacher and full-time author from Glasgow. Her previous novels include The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle, The Boy with the Butterfly Mind, Hag Storm, and War of the Wind. She has won the Bolton Children’s Fiction Award 2020/2021, The YA-aldi Glasgow Secondary School Libraries Book Award 2023, and has been shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards 2023, The Leeds Book Awards 2023, the James Reckitt Hull Book Awards 2021, The Trinity School Book Awards 2021, and longlisted for the ABA South Coast Book Awards 2023, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020, and the Branford Boase Award 2019.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Williamson, Williamson Victoria
• Publisher: BookSource
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 15
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2023
• EAN: 9781910895801
• ISBN: 978-1-910895-80-1
• Weight: 222 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, Scotland, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Ancient Civilizations, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years, Interest age: from c 10 years, Interest age: from c 12 years, Interest age: from c 11 years, JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Relating to childhood, Relating to preteen / tween years, c 43 BCE to c 410 CE (period of Roman Britain / Britannia), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories