LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
This is the dramatic conclusion to the incredible Companions Quartet that began with Secret of the Sirens, continued in The Gorgon’s Gaze and Mines of the Minotaur. The final showdown has begun between brave Connie, the world’s only Universal, and Kullervo, the shapeshifter hell-bent on destroying humanity. The battle between him and Connie will be a fight to the death, and the prize will be the future of mankind. Its environmental themes will inspire young readers to question what goes on around them and to wonder if they, like Connie, can make a difference.
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The Chimera's Curse Synopsis
Connie Lionheart is the only Universal Companion, able to communicate with all of the mythical creatures hidden in our world. She's the most important member of the secret society sworn to protect the bonds between humans and creatures. But the shape-shifter Kullervo wants to use her power to wipe out humanity. Connie must stop him, but how? There are no simple answers in the exciting conclusion to this award-winning eco-fantasy series by a Nestlé Prize-winning author.
"Come to the mark. Come to me. You know you must. Connie surfaced from sleep, struggling like a swimmer caught in weeds, thrashing to reach air. When she woke, she found the bedclothes twisted around her. She threw them off and sat up to gulp some water from the glass on her bedside table, her handshaking slightly. The voice had crept into her dreams again: the voice of Kullervo, the shape-shifter, her enemy--and her companion creature. He said the same thing each time, repeating the message again and again so that she could hear its echo during the daylight hours as well as in the stillness of the night. She knew where he wanted her to go: he wanted her to meet him at the mark he had made deep in her mind, the breach in the wall between her and his dark presence. But she would not give in to him."
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780761457268 |
| Publication date: |
1st October 2010 |
| Author: |
Julia Golding |
| Publisher: |
Two Lions an imprint of Amazon Publishing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
320 pages |
| Series: |
Companions Quartet |
| Suitable For: |
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Press Reviews
Julia Golding Press Reviews
'This has all the ingredients of a must-read series.' Publishing News
'I really like it - it reminded me of Susan Cooper's Over Sea Under Stone.' Amanda Craig
'Crackles with tension.' TES
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About Julia Golding
Julia Golding is the author of over thirty books for children and young adults. Her stories are set all over the world (and in some new worlds too) and span the centuries.
In her first year as a published author, she won the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize (Gold Award), was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award, longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal, and won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize. In the US, Secret of the Sirens won the honor book medal of the Green Earth Book Award. Dragonfly won the 2012 Beehive Book Award, Young Adult Division, given by the Children's Literature Association of Utah and voted on by readers in schools and public libraries.
She has sold over half a million books worldwide and they are translated into more than fifteen languages.
Julia Golding lives in Oxford with her husband and three children.
Click here to read a Q&A with the author from top children's publisher Egmont.
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