25 Oct Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle
Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle
Published in 2015
• Scholastic UK
• Hannah Sheppard, DHH Literary Agency
• Three-book deal
• Sold in seven territories
• Shortlisted for The Cumbria Spellbinding Book Award
• Shortlisted for the Stockport Book Award
• Shortlisted for Weald Award
Has a little of everything, time-travel, magic, mystery and an enigmatic butler! It is a satisfying story of good versus evil and little versus big that will resonate with young readers. The characters are affable and adventurous … well-paced story-telling will keep you hooked to the end.
Book Trust
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Gabrielle Kent
Gabrielle teaches computer games development at Teesside University. She has always loved exploring castles and in 2006 she visited Castle Coch in Wales. As she looked at a carving of The Fates over one of the fireplaces, an idea for a story crept into her head. When she got home she started typing the story of Alfie Bloom, the boy who inherited a castle. She has now written three in the series.
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