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Known for their hypnotic powers and evil doings, the village people dare not venture onto the streets after dark as it belongs solely to the beguilers, but Rilka thinks it is time for things to change and so captures one in an attempt to put an end to the madness. Reprint.
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About the Author
Kate Thompson is one of the most exciting authors writing for young people today. A born storyteller, her work is highly original and she is 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, she discovered her passion for playing the fiddle. She is now an accomplished player and also has a great interest in restoring instruments. Kate is the only author to win 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, the Children's Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards in March 2006 and has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2008 Kate was again shortlisted for the Children's Books Ireland Bisto Award for her book, The Last of the High Kings, a beautiful and haunting story that delves deep into the magic of Irish myth and folklore.
From Publishers Weekly
Thompson (the Switchers trilogy) creates a convincing fantasy world built on a promising premise. Narrator Rilka is a misfit in an otherwise cooperative, if somewhat passionless, village. She's allergic to chuffies, the mythical beings that absorb emotional pain, and when she announces her first Great Intention (an act that indicates "the beginning of adulthood"), she declares that she will "seek out and catch a beguiler," one of the beautiful, ethereal creatures that haunt the village at night. Legend has it that they enchant victims who are never seen again. Her adventures alone in the mountain spark some wonderful suspenseful moments, such as when she realizes the beguilers have the eyes of chuffies, or when she discovers the mountain she's climbing is not made up of snow, but of bones. At times, Rilka's exposition as she learns valuable insights intrudes upon the pacing of the narrative, and readers may find themselves wondering throughout most of the book what Rilka intends to do with the beguiler once she captures it. The conclusion reads like a somewhat rushed attempt to tie up loose ends, but her pursuit of the beguilers and some standout supporting characters such as old Hemmy and blind Marik will keep the pages turning. Ages 12-up.
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- PublisherFirebird
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0142501395
- ISBN 13 9780142501399
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages196
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