Most recently, Michelle has announced that her WOLF BROTHER series will continue - to the delight of fans everywhere. "“What a story it is", says The Observer - "Wakenhyrst is brilliant, spanning Fen devils, mystics and the lot of women in Edwardian England.” WAKENHYRST is an Amazon Kindle bestseller. Reviews for Michelle's gothic ghost story WAKENHYRST have been stellar - "Her finest novel yet” says The Times. On the adult side, her first ghost story, DARK MATTER, was a UK bestseller and won massive praise from reviewers and readers, as did her second ghost story, THIN AIR.
Successfully published as an adult author, the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness ("Wolf Brother") were her first books for younger readers, followed by her brilliant 5-part series set in the bronze age, Gods and Warriors. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness The Wolf Brother Collection 6 Books Box Set by Michelle Paver (Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater, Outcast, Oath Breaker & Ghost Hunter). She gave up the City to follow her long-held dream of becoming a writer. She was brought up in Wimbledon and, following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford University, she became a partner in a big City law firm. The book that started a series that has sold over 2.5 million copies in 30 languages worldwide. We were please to support this and are now looking at other books and ways we can support in school.Born in Malawi to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny 'Nyasaland Times', Michelle moved to the UK when she was three. The feedback from the school and the teachers has been fantastic and we’ve been told that the practical examples really helped improve the children’s creative writing after the sessions. We also demonstrated Stone Age fire lighting techniques so that the children could really appreciate what it meant to try and survive in the Stone Age.
We brought into school animal skins that would have been used for clothing, different Stone Age weapons that the children got to have a go at using including an atl-atl throwing spear in the school field, we showed the children different trapping techniques that were described in the book specifically ‘deadfall’ traps and how natural cordage would have been made and used. To support the reading of this book we arranged a number activities that the children could take part in that actually featured in the book. WOLF BROTHER gripped me from the very first page.
A group of Year 6 children have been reading ‘Wolf Brother’ by Michelle Paver which is an excellent book about a Stone Age boy and his struggle for survival while trying to fulfil his quest to stop all life being destroyed in the forest. Like other great children’s books which also entrance adults, Wolf Brother conjures up an utterly believable, yet original world where the story grips you to the very last page.
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