Lesley Glaister brings all her literary storytelling skills to this dark and magical fantasy about a young girl, Tula, who inhabits a frightening world where hiding your differences may be the only way to survive and trusting the wrong person can be fatal.
Packed with twists and turns and exploring the timely issues of betrayal, resistance, the strength of love and the intricacies of teenage relationships, Aphra's Child will capture the attention and admiration of readers who savour accomplished fantasy coupled with bewitching writing that echoes Philip Pullman, JK Rowling and Joan Aitkin.
Kids will love this hilarious fairy tale adventure packed with clever twists, familiar characters and page-turning fun.
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
This is Book 1 in the Chimera Trilogy Series. See all Chimera Trilogy books here.
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Lesley Glaister is a fiction writer, poet, playwright and teacher of writing. Her first novel was published in 1990 and since then she's published 12 further novels and numerous short stories. She received both a Somerset Maugham and a Betty Trask award for Honour Thy Father (1990), won the Yorkshire Post Author of the Year Award in 1993 for Limestone and C
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