Wirral Life October 2021 | Page 21

REVIEW OF AISLING FOWLER ' FIREBORN ' BY SUE PORTER

ONE to read this year . Fireborn is one of the most talked about Children ’ s book out this year .

Set in the snowy northern forests of an imagined prehistoric world , Fireborn is the middle-grade debut of the decade . At turns exciting , funny and heart wrenchingly sad , it marks the introduction of an unstoppable new voice in children ’ s storytelling .

Twelve has spoken the Pledge and now she is a Huntling . She has given up her name to train in the art of fighting monsters

and keeping the peace and she won ’ t get to choose a new one until she has earned it . But when the Lodge ’ s walls are breached for the first time and a little girl is taken , Twelve is the only one interested in going after a child ...

Teaming up with Dog , the Stone Guardian of the Lodge , Twelve ends up on an epic adventure that will change her life , her name – and her entire world .

Linghams Bookshop have signed ( book plated copies ). This is one book you need to keep hold of - FACT !