The Viking Age.
A thousand years ago.
"amusing...dramatic...just the thing for...readers...who want Dahl-style jokes and adventure." - The Times
"a truly villainous character" - Books for Keeps
"A brillliant new series... fun, exciting... packed with thrills and adventure... a must for all fans of a good story!" - www.waterstones.com
EXCITING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE FICTION FOR CHILDREN
A deadly dangerous
trickster and shape-shifter
stalks the North Lands...
SWORD FIGHTS!
TREASURE!
PIRATES!
MYSTERY!
DANGER!
HIGH ADVENTURE!
Book 1: THE CURSED SWORDby Talking Stone SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN LEWIS SOLIHULL CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2009 Available NOW in all good bookshops and libraries
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“Wolf-guts and Whale-doom! All the frosty bearded splendour of the Norse sagas condensed into a fun, thrilling tale for kids with a taste for high adventure… tipped to be a best-selling series...” - www.waterstones.com - 5-star bookseller review
“a terrifying adventure...a very accessible historical novel for young readers.” - Books for Keeps
“I started reading it to my daughter on Saturday evening and by Sunday lunchtime she had finished it! She said it's the best book she has read in ages and was totally gripping.” - York Children's Book Group
“It races from page to page.” - The Journal
“...a historically accurate story...Boys and girls will champion our heroes, sharing in their despair and admiring their pluckiness." www.writeaway.org.uk
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Book 2 THE QUEEN’S POISONby Talking Stone
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“This series just keeps getting better and better! Grim Gruesome is a truely nasty villain, from his completely gross scabbed and pussed over finger stump to his taste for children boiled or raw! With plenty of historical detail thrown in, this is a well put together and wonderfully told romp through Viking York” - www.waterstones.com 4-star bookseller review
“An outstanding novel,
keeping you tense and on edge.” - Imogen, 10
“gripping” - Ben, 8
“truly thrilling” - Megan, 10
“brilliant...I kept wanting to read the next chapter” - Adam, 8 “adventurous, exciting and action-packed!” - Uji, 11
- York Children’s Book Group
“Just perfect” - Lizzie, 11
“So exciting I couldn’t put it down.” - Annabelle, 10
“I would definitely rate it 10/10.” - Sophie, 12
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King’s College School, Cambridge
“Just exactly right for anyone...who loves rip-roaring adventures...Kerven knows her subject very well, and that gives a good solid basis of historical fact to her stories… The children are easy to identify with and also of their time...Hours of fun for everyone and a great book to read aloud, too.” - Adele Geras, www.awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com
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Look out for Book 3
TROLLS’ TREASURE
published early 2010!
Grim Gruesome is featured on
www.worldbookday.com, www.ncbf.org.uk, www.birmingham.gov.uk/youngreaders.bcc,
www.solihull.gov.uk/bookawards
www.visitnortheastengland.com/childrensbooktrail
It has been widely recommended and featured in the educational press including: Junior Education Plus, School Librarian and Literacy Time Plus
Grim Gruesome story telling at festivals, schools, libraries and bookshops nationwide, including: Jorvik Viking Festival 2008 and 2009, Denbighshire Libraries, 2008, Northern Ireland Children’s Book Festival 2008, Northern Children’s Book Festival Gala Day 2008, Sunderland World Book Day 2009, Newcastle Boys-into-Books 2009, Birmingham Young Readers’ Festival 2009, Middlesbrough Children’s Literature Festival 2009 and Seven Stories 2009.