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  • Published: 1 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409098768
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496

Celandine

The Touchstone Trilogy




The second in the enthralling trilogy about the Various, a fiercely independent and individual tribe of people whose livelihood takes on a truly wondrous life of its own.

Set seventy years before The Various, the second book in the trilogy follows the adventures of young Celandine at the onset of the First World War. Having run away from her detested boarding school, Celandine is too afraid to go home in case she is sent back. As she seeks shelter in the Wild Wood near her home, little does she think she will encounter in a world where loyalty and independence is fiercely guarded, and where danger lurks in the most unlikely places. Celandine's troubled character finds both refuge and purpose among the secret tribes of little people that she alone believes in. These novels are full of mystery, beauty and adventure; this second novel is both page-turning and life-affirming. This is a truly remarkable trilogy.

  • Published: 1 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409098768
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496

About the author

Steve Augarde

Steve Augarde was born in Birmingham, but spent most of his life in the West Country, working as an illustrator, paper-engineer, and semi-pro jazz musician. He has written and illustrated over seventy picture books for younger children, and has produced the paper-engineering for many pop-up books. His first book for older children, THE VARIOUS, won a Silver Smarties Award in 2003. He lives in Yorkshire with his family.

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Praise for Celandine

Enchanting fantasy, and very touching

Oxford Times

Beautifully crafted, this book is sure to capture the imagination of readers

Through the Looking Glass

Quality fantasy writing with a fine feel for the past

Publishing News

The narrative pace never falters, the writer so confident and respectful of his creation that the reader is drawn gladly into the enchantment. . . . For all that adults might find to admire in it, it is nevertheless a big, generous children's book

Guardian