LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Swept along by the wind and sea and suffused with magic and mystery this is an ebullient adventure story that compels its readers to believe just as the young hero Fionn begins to do. Sent to stay on the wild Arranmore Island with his reclusive grandfather, Fionn enters a world dominated by the forces of magic – and by water which has always terrified Fionn. Gradually, Fionn begins to understand his grandfather’s now fading power as to accept and embrace his own new destiny. Catherine Doyle has a lightness of touch as a story-teller that makes the impossible convincing.
July 2018 Debut of the Month | A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month July 2018
Books in The Storm Keeper Trilogy Series:
1. The Storm Keeper's Island
2. The Lost Tide Warriors
3. The Storm Keepers' Battle
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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The Storm Keeper's Island Synopsis
Fionn Boyle and his older sister Tara have been sent to stay with their grandfather on the remote island of Arranmore for the summer. Though Fionn has never met his grandfather before – an eccentric old man who lives in a tiny cottage filled to the brim with candles – he knows he comes from a long line of brave lifeboat men, who wear the sea behind their eyes.
Fionn is scared of the sea. He has no interest in adventure or shipwrecks or the restless wind that rustles through the island, as though in search of something. But an old magic is stirring deep inside the layers of Arranmore, and it is calling out to Fionn. A dark storm is coming, through time and over sea, the same storm that took his father twelve years ago. To protect his family, Fionn must embrace his destiny as the Storm Keeper's heir and face the fear that has haunted him for as long as he can remember.
Catherine Doyle’s stunning first novel for middle grade readers is a magical adventure set to become an instant classic.
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9781408896884 |
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1st July 2018 |
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Catherine Doyle |
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Bloomsbury Childrens Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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Paperback |
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320 pages |
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The Storm Keeper Trilogy |
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Press Reviews
Catherine Doyle Press Reviews
The Storm Keeper's Island will blow you away ... A magical new voice in fantasy. Wise, warm and wonderful Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series
So magical and wild that it's like being swept away by the sea ... She's taken an ancient story and found something new and bold and wild in it - I think only real bone-deep writers and storytellers do that. I can't wait for the next - Katherine Rundell, author of The Explorer
Funny, dark and blazingly beautiful, The Storm Keeper's Island is a thrillingly inventive adventure - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars
Gripping, poignant and beautifully written ... One of the most exciting books for children that I have read in years and seems destined to become a modern classic - Louise O'Neill, author of The Surface Breaks
Flickers with a rare and wonderful magic ... Unforgettable - Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song
Magical ... An enchanting book. It's beautifully written - Marian Keyes, author of Anybody Out There
I miss Fionn and his grandfather and their island as if they were real ... which they are, thanks to Catherine Doyle - Lauren Wolk, author of Wolf Hollow
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About Catherine Doyle
Catherine Doyle grew up beside the Atlantic Ocean in the west of Ireland. Her love of reading began with great Irish myths and legends, and fostered in her an ambition to one day write her own. She holds a first class BA in Psychology and a first class MA in Publishing from the National University of Ireland, Galway. The Storm Keeper’s Island is her debut middle-grade novel and was inspired by her real-life ancestral home of Arranmore Island, where her grandparents grew up, and the adventures of her many sea-faring ancestors. After living in Dublin City for two years, Catherine is now based in Galway but spends a lot of her time in London and the US. Follow her on Instagram
Photo credit Julia Dunin
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