When Great Aunt Reba dies, she leaves some money to the family. The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement. He writes not in 'Americanese' but with the dialects and flavors of Olde England. Children enamored of legend and fantasy, especially those for whom an army of complicated characters offer a challenge, will like Mr.

The evil sprits however, seize the bracelet and Susan and Colin, aided by their 'friends', embark on a weird search through caves and woods over hill and dale, in an attempt to recover it for the Wizard.

To Susan's amazement the weirdstone appears on her charm bracelet making her the object of attention in both camps. But the Wizard guarding the precious gem has, alas, fallen asleep and the prize has disappeared. The weirdstone is a magic stone which keeps a band of knights asleep until the appointed day when they must awaken to conquer Nastrond and all his evil spirits. But how can two children defeat the Morrigan and her deadly brood?īook one in the Weirdstone trilogy, followed by THE MOON OF GOMRATH.Goblins, dwarfs, demons and witches all with strange and ancient names, coming from equally alien sounding caves and hills, enter the lives of Colin and Susan, two quite modern children who, on a visit to a farm near Alderley Edge, England, are sucked into the legend of the Weirdstone of Brisingamen, recounted as an introduction to the main story. The Wizard has been searching for the stone for more than 100 years, but the forces of evil are closing in, determined to possess and destroy its special power.Ĭolin and Susan realise at last that they are the key to the Weirdstone’s return. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights.īut the heart of the magic that binds them – Firefrost, also known as the Weirdstone of Brisingamen – has been lost. When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. The much-loved classic, finally in ebook.įirst published over 50 years ago, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is one of the greatest fantasy novels of all time. From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service

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