Secrets Will Be Revealed: Read an Extract from A Dragons of Hallow #1: Spellhound by Lian Tanner, Illustrated by Sally Soweol Han

Secrets Will Be Revealed: Read an Extract from A Dragons of Hallow #1: Spellhound by Lian Tanner, Illustrated by Sally Soweol Han

‘Maybe your parents have gone back to the Floating Forest,’ Flax said to the pup. ‘Maybe they climbed out a door in the dragon’s side and escaped. Maybe they’re in the den, right now, wondering where you are.’

The pup looked at her pitifully. ‘Dragons don’t have doors in their sides. You said so yourself.’

‘Yes, but maybe—’

‘We have to keep searching.’

‘But where?’ said Flax.

‘I don’t know. I don’t knoooOOOOOoooow!’

‘Hush, not so loud!’ Flax’s nose itched, which meant the can’t-see-us-can’t-hear-us-can’t-smell-us magic was still working. But it was best to
be cautious.

The pup’s howl subsided to a wordless whimper.

Flax put her head in her hands and wondered how on earth she was going to get him back to the Floating Forest…

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Intrigue and Adventure: Read Our Review of A Dragons of Hallow #1: Spellhound by Lian Tanner, Illustrated by Sally Soweol Han

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3 April 2023

Intrigue and Adventure: Read Our Review of A Dragons of Hallow #1: Spellhound by Lian Tanner, Illustrated by Sally Soweol Han

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Publisher details

Spellhound: A Dragons of Hallow Book 1
Author
Lian Tanner
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
04 April, 2023
ISBN
9781761180057

Synopsis

Recommended for ages 7+.

What do a minch-wiggin, a Queen, and a rather large magical pup have in common? They need to find the dragon that has turned their worlds upside-down . . . even if it means revealing all they want to keep hidden. A delightfully pleasing whimsical fantasy novel for readers who love Cressida Cowell or Katrina Nannestad.

There are Three Great Secrets in Hallow, a country that loves secrets almost as much as it loves green jellybabies. No, I'm not going to tell you anything more about them. I am a loyal citizen of Hallow, and would never betray—

Oh, you have jellybabies?

Green ones?

Well, I suppose I could tell you a little more.

Come closer. Open your ears and your heart, and pass the green jellybabies.

I will tell you a story about an enormous magical pup, a child Queen and a very small minch-wiggin with the unfortunate title of Destroyer-of-Dragons.

A fascinating tale filled with falsehoods, fortitude and friendship (and just the right number of green jellybabies), from the award-winning author of A Clue for Clara and Museum of Thieves.
Lian Tanner
About the author

Lian Tanner

Lian Tanner is a children's author and playwright. She has worked as a teacher in Australia and Papua New Guinea, a tourist bus driver, a freelance journalist, a juggler, a community arts worker, an editor and a professional actor. It took her a while to realise that all of these jobs were really just preparation for being a writer. Nowadays she lives by the beach in southern Tasmania, with a small tabby cat and lots of friendly neighbourhood dogs. She has not yet mastered the art of Concealment by the Imitation of Nothingness, but she is quite good at Camouflage.

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