C.J. Busby writes fantasy with packed with humour, pace and inventiveness. Her first book, Frogspell, is a magical adventure set in Arthurian times which was a Richard and Judy Children’s Book Club choice for 2012. The four-book Spell series brings together would-be wizard Max, his sister Olivia and an assortment of knights, wizards, evil enchantresses and a very dim dragon called Adolphus. Her new series is a multiple worlds trilogy set partly in modern times, with a powerful amber jewel, two sinister black-suited men who want to find it, and four children from different worlds who have to join forces to stop them. The first book, Deep Amber, came out in March2014; the second, Dragon Amber, has just been published.Students at Priory School and Christ the King College will join Cecilia to find out how a childhood living on boats inspired her stories, and have a go at doing a bit of magical writing of their own, whether it’s learning the trick of writing powerful magical spells, or imagining themselves entering a portal to another world. What will they see? Who might they meet?
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