Rise Of The Shadow Stealers

This book has everything...danger, magic, mystery, plot twists and stories. The latter is not much of a surprise in a story book but this one is set on Full Stop Island, the place where all story characters are trained, meaning there are stories around every corner. Stories within stories, stories about stories and stories that have long been forgotten.

The main characters, Fletcher and Scoop, wake up to find they are apprentice adventurers at Blotting's Academy where all is not as it should be. The shadows are growing and things are going missing but nobody seems to be taking it seriously. It's up to Scoop and Fletcher to investigate and find out what is going on. Where are the shadow's coming from? Who is the story teller? What is the golden feather? Through their adventurers, helped along by their mentor, the Yarnbard, the forever young Lady Wisdom and the dessert-resembling Quill sisters, amongst others, Scoop and Fletcher uncover stories back to the beginning of the island and beyond.

Will they complete their quests and make it to Alethea in time or will the dark and dangerous Grizelda put a stop to their adventures?

This was the first time in a long time that I haven't been able to put a book down. When I did have to, I spent the whole time I was away from it thinking about what might happen next. I hope there'll be another one soon!

Tina, Amazon

Daniel Ingram-Brown lives in Knaresborough, England, in a house built from stones from the town’s ruined castle.  He is currently Artistic Director of Suitcase and Spectacles Children's Theatre and Pointed Arrow Performance. He leads theatre projects, which explore how stories shape us and what mark they leave on the places we live. He is interested in exploring philosophical and spiritual questions in fun and engaging ways that inspire children to think and to wonder.