![]() ![]() The elder witch gifts the team with magical objects – just like Father Christmas in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – before sending them on their way. During Tom’s attempts to deliver the warning, we’re introduced to life in the castle and the rest of the future ‘gang of four’ who set out on the impossible quest: Elanor, the Lord’s daughter Sebastian, a squire training to be a knight and Quinn, a barefoot witch apprentice.Īn attack on the castle precipitates the action uniting our disparate group. The wild man tells Tom to give the lord of the castle a warning. Tom, a pot-boy (kitchen hand), meets a wild man in the forest while collecting mushrooms – not the magic kind – for his mum, the cook. A fantasy story in the classic style, Escape from Wolfhaven Castle delves into issues of class and gender while developing the identities of the young protagonists. Although The Impossible Quest sounds like something from Moffat-ized Doctor Who, it’s a new original fantasy series by Kate Forsyth aimed at children with protagonists aged 11–13. ![]()
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