Young Hawk and Thunder: Guardians of the Magic Forest

by William Sutton

Young Hawk and Thunder, Guardians of the Magic Forest by William Sutton is an enchanting children’s book about Young Hawk, a 12-year-old Native American boy, who through an incredible act of fate, becomes friends with the wolves and other animals who live in a magic forest nearby. Young Hawk grows up learning the ways of his people. He knows that spirits inhabit the forest and that man can communicate with animals, but he never expects to be the one chosen by the wolves to be a conduit between their kind and humans. Life is magical for Young Hawk as he hones exciting new skills. But when renegades attack his village and kidnap the daughter of the chief, it is up to Young Hawk and his sidekick, a wolf named Thunder, to come to her rescue. Children will love the thrill-a-minute adventures, while their parents will appreciate the wonderful background in Indian lore. Full of plot turns and twists and wonderful characters, Young Hawk and Thunder is magical itself.

88 pages, Paperback

Published August 25, 2009

About the author

William Sutton was born in Scotland in 1970 and appeared in pantomime at the age of nine.

He learned blues harmonica from his Latin teacher, drove to California in a VW beetle and studied classics at Oxford. Besides writing radio plays and short stories, he has acted in the longest play in the world, tutored the Sugababes and played cricket for Brazil.

After living in Brazil and Italy, teaching English and singing in ice cream shops, he has returned to the UK where he teaches Latin and plays accordion.

Lawless and the Devil of Euston Square is a literary mystery set beneath the smoggy cobblestones of Victorian London. The Scotsman newspaper said: William Sutton's first novel is a fine, extravagant and thoroughly enjoyable example of Victorian Crime fiction. It somewhat resembles Boris Akunin's Fandòrin international bestsellers, and there is no good reason why Sutton's Worms of Euston Square shouldn't also do very well.

One of the joys of the novel is the language employed by Worm and his friends, part authentic Victorian slang, part thieves' cant, and part - I rather think - invented ... The action moves with dizzying speed from the highest quarters in the land to the vilest slums and low dives of the teeming city. ... A tale of this sort requires fine villains, and Sutton obliges us with a couple ... This is a world enveloped in smoke and fog. The fun is fast and furious.

We are told that William Sutton is now at work on another Campbell Lawless mystery. If he can maintain this standard of invention, this mastery of linguistic tone, he is on to a winner. (Allan Massie, The Scotsman)