The Windspinner
Young Corgi Random House March 2008, ISBN 9780552555746
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Author Berlie Doherty seems to treat every tale with a generous helping of TLC, and afford each a warmth which lifts from the pages… Fun, and oh so charming.
Liverpool Echo
Tam had a secret. It was such a wonderful, exciting, strange, troublesome secret that he knew he had to share it with someone. All night he kept thinking about it, wondering whether he had dreamed everything that had happened, but as soon as it was daylight he could make out a strange, blue light at the end of his bed.
In this book Tam has the problem of hiding The King of the Fairies, who has decided to come and live with him. He’s a very strange character indeed, and takes a bit of explaining, both at home and at school…! Meanwhile, poor Great-grandpa Toby is stll in Faery, stuck at nine years old, and longing to be rescued. And of course, the oldest fairy of them all, the damson-hag, is still tied up in her golden cage. Will anybody dare to set her free? Tam needs help, doesn’t he?
This is the third story in The Starburster series: see also The Starburster and The Humming Machine.
The Windspinner is published by Chivers Audiobooks as an unabridged audio book.
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Writing tip
The Starburster, The Humming Machine and The Windspinner are a series all about Tam, Great-Grandpa Toby, Pix and Oban, and lots more characters. You could try to make up another adventure for Tam, using some of these characters and making up some of your own.
