The Wolf Trials: A Geomancer book

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Written by: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Illustrated by: Manuel Šumberac
Publisher: Hachette Childrens Group

Eira longs to see the world, but as the daughter of the fearsome Wolf Queen she’s lived all her life concealed in the Castle of Broken Boats at the heart of her mother’s kingdom. New subjects and prisoners arrive daily, and no one but traitors and Ryders leave. The Ryders, an elite group of sea wolf-riders who are the Wolf Queen’s most trusted warriors, are selected at a young age after proving themselves in the wolf trials. With her mother away in battle, Eira decides to disguise herself and participate in this year’s selection – but will she succeed? Will she be recognised? And most importantly of all … will she survive the wolf trials?

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Resources

Check out Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s assembly video where she shares children’s books she’s enjoyed, where she loves to read, her top tips for enjoying reading and more!

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About the Author

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

is an award-winning, bestselling novelist. Her debut story for children The Girl of Ink & Stars won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year. Her work has been short- and long-listed for numerous major prizes including the Costa Award and the CILIP Carnegie Award. Her novel Julia and the Shark, illustrated by Tom de Freston, was named Waterstones Children’s Gift of the Year and the follow-up, Leila and the Blue Fox, also illustrated by Tom de Freston, won the James Cropper Wainwright Prize. She’s a graduate of both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and lives in Oxford with her husband, daughter, and cats, in a house between a river and a forest.

Photo credit: Tom de Freston

About the Illustrator

Manuel Šumberac

Manuel Šumberac

Manuel Šumberac was born in 1988 in Pula, Croatia. He obtained a Masters in Animation and New Media from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He is a member of Filmmakers Association of Croatia. Manuel works in the fields of animation and illustration to produce animated films, music videos, children’s books and book covers. He has received numerous awards for his work.

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