Bravepaw and the Clawstone of Rotwood Mire

Bravepaw 2

and the Clawstone Rotwood Mire

by L.M. Wilkinson

Illustrated by Lavanya Naidu

Published by Allen & Unwin
ISBN 9781761180569

Fantasy, magic and adventures, all comes together in this intriguing story for 7 to 11 year olds.

As Titch begins with going to the Heart of Alluria with the Heartstone to mend the world, readers will be swept up in this fun story and widen the imagination.

The black an white illustrations plus the highlighting of some words in various fonts create further impact and emphasising various aspects.

This story is crafted with magic making it a pleasure to read as the fun adventures of Titch and Huckleberry as they whisk you away. It is interesting to see how the friendships develop and what they mean until the last pages of this epic quest.

Just imagine there is a village of brainwashed squirrels and what can happen here.

And there's Titch whose tummy is rumbling and thinking of food, brambleberry (we call them blackberries) pies with whipped cream, roasted parsnips with honey, but is this the time to be thinking of these things when there are other more pressing things to be getting on with? Readers will be turning those pages to find out what's happening as this creatively, well written story develops following their hearts rather than their heads they have to be careful of that dreaded swamp monster.

Maybe their hearts aren't to be trusted? Something to think about, readers will have to deduce if if Titch is just an ordinary little mouse and not Bravepaw after all, readers as they continue reading to see if Bravepaw can fulfil the quest and save Alluria after all.

The author

Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of more than twenty books for young people, including A Hunger of Thorns, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, and was a CBCA Honour Book. Lili has a PhD from the University of Melbourne, and is a passionate advocate for YA and the young people who read it. Her latest books are Unhallowed Halls and the Bravepaw series.

The illustrator

Lavanya Naidu is a storyteller with a passion for building worlds and developing characters with heart. The twilight zone where they meet is where the magic happens! She is a graduate in animation film design and over the last decade has illustrated several children's books and worked on games and animation production (television and film). When she isn't drawing, Lavanya is collecting dinosaur models, boxing, hiking, cooking and patting all the dogs. Lavanya grew up in Kolkata, India, and now lives with her husband and their ever growing collection of plants in Melbourne.

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