Book description
The first time Laurie and her dad see the white rider watching them
from the deep, cool shadows of the trees, he is alone. Laurie is
convinced that his appearance has a meaning, that somehow he is trying
to tell them something - something her dad needs to pay attention to.
Is the rider somehow linked to the genetic research into squirrels
that Laurie is helping her dad with in the lab?
When a second rider with a bloody sword appears alongside the first,
and then a third and a fourth, Laurie knows she must try to understand
who they are and what they represent. With the help of her brother and
his best friend, she discovers what the riders mean but will it be too
late to stop the inevitable chain of events that has been set in
motion . . .?
Kate Thompson is one of the most exciting authors writing for
young people today for she is a born storyteller, highly original and
thought provoking in her ideas. She has travelled widely in the USA
and India and studied law in London. After living in County Clare, she
moved to Kinvara in County Galway and there, three years ago, she
discovered her passion for playing the fiddle. She is now an
accomplished player and also has a great interest in restoring
instruments.
Kate Thompson has won the Children's Books Ireland Bisto Book of the
Year award four times - in 2002 for The Beguilers, in 2003 for
The Alchemist's Apprentice, in 2004 for Annan Water
and in 2006 for The New Policeman. The New Policeman
also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2005, the Whitbread
Book Award Children's category 2005 and the in augural Irish BA Award
for Children's Books in 2006 and has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
Kate also won the CBI Bisto Book of the Year 2006 with The New
Policeman for the fourth time. She is the only author in history of
the awards to do so!
