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Jingle Stones #3
Candlefasts
The final story in the Earthfasts trilogy. Once again the narrative moves between the past and the future as the jingle stones call to David, together with Keith and David's younger sister, Lyddy, they soon find find more mysteries to solve.
- GenresChildrens
Paperback
First published September 21, 2000
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William Mayne
135 books16 followersWilliam Mayne was a British writer of children's fiction. Born in Hull, he was educated at the choir school attached to Canterbury Cathedral and his memories of that time contributed to his early books. He lived most of his life in North Yorkshire.
He was described as one of the outstanding children's authors of the 20th Century by the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, and won the Carnegie Medal in 1957 for A Grass Rope and the Guardian Award in 1993 for Low Tide. He has written more than a hundred books, and is best known for his Choir School quartet comprising A Swarm in May, Choristers' Cake, Cathedral Wednesday and Words and Music, and his Earthfasts trilogy comprising Earthfasts, Cradlefasts and Candlefasts, an unusual evocation of the King Arthur legend.
A Swarm in May was filmed by the Children's Film Unit in 1983 and a five-part television series of Earthfasts was broadcast by the BBC in 1994.
William Mayne was imprisoned for two and a half years in 2004 after admitting to charges of child sexual abuse and was placed on the British sex offenders' register. His books were largely removed from shelves, and he died in disgrace in 2010.
He was described as one of the outstanding children's authors of the 20th Century by the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, and won the Carnegie Medal in 1957 for A Grass Rope and the Guardian Award in 1993 for Low Tide. He has written more than a hundred books, and is best known for his Choir School quartet comprising A Swarm in May, Choristers' Cake, Cathedral Wednesday and Words and Music, and his Earthfasts trilogy comprising Earthfasts, Cradlefasts and Candlefasts, an unusual evocation of the King Arthur legend.
A Swarm in May was filmed by the Children's Film Unit in 1983 and a five-part television series of Earthfasts was broadcast by the BBC in 1994.
William Mayne was imprisoned for two and a half years in 2004 after admitting to charges of child sexual abuse and was placed on the British sex offenders' register. His books were largely removed from shelves, and he died in disgrace in 2010.
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September 3, 2020
A good finish to the trilogy started with Earthfasts, better than the middle book. I do like dialect, especially mixed with aged english and I hope it is well researched and authentic. Sad that the author's private life has meant that all his work is shadowed. Sadder still that he caused harm to young people.
April 12, 2021
Was enjoyable but fell apart end the end, maybe I was tired but I had no idea what was going on.
Didn't seem to give much closure to the characters suggesting more books were planned in the series, but we'll never know.
Unless someone digs up some unpublished manuscripts..
Edit: There IS an unpublished 4th book, Ironfasts. Happy to share if anyone wants a copy.
Didn't seem to give much closure to the characters suggesting more books were planned in the series, but we'll never know.
Unless someone digs up some unpublished manuscripts..
Edit: There IS an unpublished 4th book, Ironfasts. Happy to share if anyone wants a copy.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews