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www.carolinepitcher.co.uk
While growing up in Yorkshire, Caroline’s interest in reading was encouraged by her mother, and by some excellent teachers. She loved reading books about nature as well as writing, filling lots of notebooks every year with stories and pictures from her imagination.
Caroline studied English and European Literature at university, then worked in a number of places including a fish factory and an art gallery before becoming a primary school teacher in East London. Caroline wrote her first novel just before becoming a mother, and now enjoys writing for all age groups. She lives in Derbyshire and writes full time.
In 1987 Caroline won the Kathleen Fidler Award for Diamond. The Snow Whale was shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award in 1997 and her short story Kevin the Blue (The Independent) won the Independent Story of the Year Award. Silkscreen (200) has been equally successful winning the Arts Council of England Writer’s Award for work in progress and gaining a Carnegie Medal nomination.
Caroline’s latest novel The Shaman Boy is magical, action-packed story. Luka and his brother Jez, live in a village scarred by a recent war. Their parents have vanished and they must help each other survive. Luka discovers he has a very special power: he can shapeshift. It is this gift that gives him his freedom, and he becomes the Cloud Cat, swallow, otter and wolf. Through the animals Luka can enter another world: of landscapes and colours. But Luka is in danger. The village witch, Vaskalia, uses her old magic to stake a claim on his gift, and Luka discovers that the shaman’s gift can be used for evil, as well as good. Jez tries to help him but he is powerless against the dark magic. It is only through his shapeshifting that Luka can fight the evil and save his village
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The Shaman Boy
Egmont Books
ISBN:9781405208512
Sky Shifter
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1405208503
Cloud Cat
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Publisher
Egmont Books