A timeless adventure filled with wonder and a crucial environmental message, this is the first book in the magical Stargold Chronicles.
In the land of Farallone, the City dwellers' greed for stargold threatens to destroy the mystical Wild Folk. Their only hope rests with two young hares and their human companions – Tin, a City boy with a passion for invention, and curious Country girl Comfrey.
To protect the stargold Tin and Comfrey face impossible tasks, each stranger than the last. And every creature they meet on their extraordinary journey, from the tiniest ant to the grizzliest witch, has a crucial role to play in saving the land they love.
<aside> 🌿 'An epic quest in a beautiful, troubled world'- Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs
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<aside> 🌿 'Wonderful, mythical quest.' - Sunday Express Magazine
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<aside> 🌿 'Beautifully written and it captures every moment with incredible description.'- Scoop Magazine
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<aside> 🌿 'Environmental and dystopian themes run through this wondrous story, while the wildness of Farallone and bravery and determination of Tin and Comfrey will surely find a place in every reader’s heart.'- BookTrust
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<aside> 🌿 'The adventure resembles a Tolkien folklore'- TES
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<aside> 🏵️ Nominated - The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019
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Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Usborne Publishing ( May 2018)
Editor: Anne Finnis
Primary Agent: Jessica Woollard
Film/TV Agent: DHA (Georgie Smith)
Rights Sold: Turkish - Yabanci Yayinlari, German - W1 Media, Ukrainian - Zhorzh Ltd.
Co-agents: Chinese - Andrew Nurnberg Associates; Japanese - Tuttle - Mori
Sylvia V. Linsteadt lives in a pine forest near the ocean at the edge of California, with mostly deer and foxes for neighbours. When she isn’t writing novels, short stories or poems about the lives of wild creatures or the magic of old myths, she likes to wander the hills looking for animal tracks or medicinal herbs. Sylvia is the author of the adult novel Tatterdemalion. The Wild Folk is her first book for young readers.
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The second book in The Stargold Chronicles
The City Brothers thought the Country a barren place. Now they know it’s teeming with stargold, Country girl Comfrey and City boy Tin must save the magical Wild Folk from their evil clutches. On a journey from the deadly Underworld to the highest mountain, they’ll need all their courage and ingenuity to stop the devastation of the land they love.
A timeless adventure filled with wonder and a crucial environmental message, this is the second and final book in the magical Stargold Chronicles.
<aside> 🌿 'A lyrical, beautifully-crafted allegory about our relationship with the environment and our responsibilities for the world around us'― The Reading Zone
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<aside> 🌿 'Carefully researched and brimming with imaginative potency, this is a tale of our times set in a thrilling fantasy world.' ― Lancashire Evening Post
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