The Rage of the Sea Witch
by Roland Chambers
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Pub Date Apr 13 2023 | Archive Date Apr 13 2023
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Description
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.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781789541465 |
| PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 208 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Tracy W, Reviewer
Billy Shaman, or Billy S, as he's known at school, has a mum who's a famous explorer who climbs mountains and a scientist father who looks for plants and insects. It would be really great if they took him with them on their expeditions unfortunately they leave him with friends instead even in the holidays!
This summer, he's staying in a house once owned by Charles Darwin but is now a museum and, amazingly, has a talking giant tortoise living in the garden! When Billy is visited by an Arctic Fox, he finds himself taken through the Inuit display into the frozen landscape, and that's when things really start getting weird!
This is the first in an informative new series by Roland Chambers featuring Billy Shaman and is a fun way to learn a little about Charles Darwin and the Inuit people. Although not a long book, at 176 pages, the story draws you in and is written in such a way that its targeted audience of aged 7+ should be enthralled from the start.
I was able to read an advanced copy of this book thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, but the opinions expressed are my own. I thoroughly enjoyed this, I liked Billy, and the story was engaging from the start. Highly recommended.
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