Come back a thousand years to the Viking Age!
by
ROSALIND KERVEN
HISTORICAL ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS -
FUN, SCARY AND REALLY EXCITING
"amusing...dramatic...just the thing for...readers...who want Dahl-style jokes and adventure." - The Times
"If you've not discovered Grim Gruesome yet, where have you been! - Primary Times
"fun, exciting... packed with thrills and adventure... a must for all fans of a good story!" - www.waterstones.com
SWORD FIGHTS!
TREASURE!
PIRATES!
MYSTERY!
DANGER!
HIGH ADVENTURE!
“...the tales rattle along with great energy and fun.
These books will be well loved by many children,
who will wait impatiently for the next in the series.”- School Librarian
“Grim Gruesome is a wonderful creation, horrible but also funny.”- TES Connect
Each Grim Gruesome book stands alone, and they don't need to be read in any particular order.
Book 1: THE CURSED SWORD
Talking Stone SHORTLISTED FOR THE SOLIHULL CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2009 Available NOW in all good bookshops and libraries |
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“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
“captures the world of the Viking in wonderful detail... a story with depth and interest...should be in all school libraries” - TES-Connect
“It races from page to page.” - The Journal
“I felt like I would like to read this book again and again…” - Fozia “very scary and adventurous. All the way through this book I was always wondering what was going to happen next” - Katie
“it was very exciting and it went really quickly” - Ben
“I couldn't put it down. I would recommend it to anybody” - Leah
“it was the best book I have ever read! EVER!” - Taya
“a fabulous book. It is full of action and adventure... so believable” - Laura
- Primary school children’s reviews from the blog of the Solihull Children’s Book Award 2009"
“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.” - Caryn, York Children's Book Group
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Book 2 THE QUEEN’S POISONTalking Stone CURRENTLY ON THE LONGLIST FOR LANCASHIRE FANTASTIC BOOK AWARD 2010 Available NOW in all good bookshops and libraries |
“This series just keeps getting better and better! ... a well put together and wonderfully told romp ” - www.waterstones.com 4-star bookseller review
“smashing... a real adventure story...….A wonderful book - TES Connect
“full of twists and turns that you are desperate to follow.” -www.writeaway.org.uk
“Just perfect” - Lizzie, 11
“So exciting I couldn’t put it down.” - Annabelle, 10
“I would definitely rate it 10/10.” - Sophie, 12
- 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
“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
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Book 3: TROLLS' TREASURETalking Stone Available NOW in all good bookshops and libraries |
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“the sort of tale you can’t stop reading even when it chills your blood...a vividly told scary adventure full of perilous sea journeys troll mounds, human skeletons and mysterious seals.” - Primary Times
“a deceptively simple page-turner, with plenty of quick-paced action sequences featuring sword fights and treasure hoards galore!” - www.writeaway.org.uk
“Rosalind Kerven has described a very believable Orkney of a thousand years ago and created a strong cast in this fast moving adventure.” - The Scotsman
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GET A TASTE FOR GRIM GRUESOME AT www.grimgruesome.blogspot.com
- the special Grim Gruesome blog created for young readers!
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