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Y Frân Glocwaith

Name: Y Frân Glocwaith
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

by Catherine Fisher

Interest age: 10 to 11
Reading age: 9+

Published by Firefly, 2023

Adventure
Chapter books
Fantasy

This book is also available in English

About this book

This is an arresting novel that catches the attention of the reader from the first pages when, late one night, a stranger gives Seren Rhys a mysterious parcel in a Victorian train station. With this opening, the author sets the story’s magical and exciting spirit from the very beginning. Seren is looking forward to the start of a new life in Plas-y-Fran but it very quickly becomes evident that things aren’t as she expects. In this novel Catherine Fisher takes us to a world of legends and mystery that grabs the attention of the reader throughout.

A subject that will stimulate interest across the curriculum but especially in the areas of: Languages, Literacy and Communication, Science and Technology and Expressive Arts.

About the author

Catherine Fisher is an acclaimed poet and children’s author who lives in Newport, South East Wales. Her bestselling books include The Snow-Walker trilogy, the Oracle trilogy, the Incarceron series and the Chronoptika series. Catherine was Wales’ first Young People's Laureate (2011-2013) and has won a number of awards for her work. The Clockwork Crow is her first book for Firefly Press.