The Bloodstone Bird

Description

This book presents a quest to find an enchanted bird, from the back streets of London to a dazzling new world...An intriguing and unusual fantasy. Sash hates school, with its menacing teachers and stuck-up students. His father, Max, a taxidermist, is too busy to notice. Sash longs for a life of freedom. When he finds a riddle in his father's study, his life is changed for ever as he embarks on a quest to find a mythical bird. Accompanied by school 'princess' Verity, Sash travels to a faraway land. His dreams of adventure are about to come true but, as Sash and Verity discover, even paradise has a dark side...

Author description

Inbali Iserles was educated at Sussex and Cambridge Universities and works as a lawyer in the City of London. She lives in Islington with four degus: exotic rodents rescued from the RSPCA. In her spare time she is a committed globetrotter - a passion that has taken her to the depths of the Amazon Rainforest and the bubbling geysers of Iceland.