The Bird Children will be out on June 1 2011

The Bird Children

By

Barbara Spencer

Synopsis

  Two sorcerers: one good, one bad: Jacob the merchant, who uses his power to safeguard the Prince and inhabitants of the Kingdom of Sudana; Mendorun, the evil one, surrounded by a black aura that no sorcerer can penetrate.
   Mendorun has already learned the secret of positive energy and wields an army of giant crows. Now he is snatching away children, to steal their souls and create birds that can think. His plan – to become the most powerful sorcerer on earth and he will destroy anyone or anything that gets in his way.
   The only person standing in his way is a football-mad teenager from Birmingham, Jack Burnside, whose best friend – a camel called Bud – can walk through time and space.
   Jack is in Morocco, with an Under-14 team, when Jacob appears with the alarming news that Bud has fallen into Mendorun's hands. Only Jack can reach him but he must hurry before Mendorun can unlock the camel's magical powers.
   Unwilling to get involved in another scary adventure, Jack refuses. He couldn't help even if he wanted to. He's on an organised tour with fourteen other boys and every minute of their time is accounted for.

He couldn't possibly get away … or could he?