Swifter than Starlight : A Wilder than Midnight Story

Author: Burnell, Cerrie

Interest age: from c 9 years

Published on 13 July 2023 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wilder Than Midnight' series.

Paperback | 304 pages
128 x 197 x 21 | 246g

From celebrated children's author Cerrie Burnell comes a new, wonderfully inclusive, magical tale set in the whimsical world of Wilder than Midnight.

Long ago, on a winter's eve, two sisters walked into a wolf-wild wood but only one returned. . .

The Faraway Wood is full of twisting thorns and sharp teeth. Stirring with myth and music. It's the perfect place for bandits, thieves and secrets to hide.

Until a prince goes missing.

Lilac is a strong girl, happy with her found family, yet searching for her sister.

Clover is a determined girl, eager to find what's been lost to her, though scared to leave her village.

Hester is a smart girl, one step ahead of trouble, and ready for adventure.

Together, they will unite the realm.

Praise for Wilder than Midnight:'Guaranteed to bring beauty, magic and joy into the hearts of all who read it' - Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs'Pure fairytale magic with so many twists' - Jasbinder Bilan, author of Asha and the Spirit Bird'[a] book about love and friendship and driving your own destiny in the face of prejudice. But mostly, it's a story of girls, glorious girls, in all their feisty, feminine brilliance' - Nizrana Farook, author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant