School Author Event - Firebloom and Haarville by Justin Davies

Scottish author, Justin Davies, will be visiting Linlithgow Primary School on Thursday 27th November.

His most recent book, Firebloom, is a bright and brilliant mystery adventure, full of jeopardy, joy and jellyfish! His previous novel, Haarville, is quirky, darkly comic and full of heart. The books are standalone stories set in the same imagined world.

Signed copies of both books are available to order here for the discounted price of £6 each, to be collected at the event.

Please choose the book you want from the drop down menu, then add the child's name and any personalised dedication you'd like on your signed copy in the "Your personalisation" box (e.g. JOE BLOGGS "To Joe, keep reading!"). Please also make sure you fill in the "School” and “Class" boxes to make sure your book gets to you!

Firebloom 

The isolated, salt-soaked isle of Stormcliff is preparing for the annual Firebloom Festival, a famous gathering of thousands of jellyfish and their incredible light show. Twelve-year-old Tally Smuck is destined to become a Sting Winkler -- someone who can communicate with jellyfish -- just like her mother and grandfather before her. The Smucks' special gift means only they can do the vital job of caring for the invaluable jellies that Stormcliff depends on.

But by Firebloom Eve, there's still no sign of Tally's abilities, or the jellyfish. Determined not to let everyone down, Tally gathers her friends -- anxious Farran, fortune-teller-in-training Colette, and resourceful cliff rat Albert. Together can they bring the island's secrets to light and find the missing jellies before the Firebloom Festival and Stormcliff are plunged into darkness for good?

Haarville

Welcome to Haarville - if you've arrived, you've survived. Off the grid and not on the maps, it's a place shrouded in fog and steeped in pungent pongs. Everything here smells fishy, especially the town's suspicious new arrivals.

Twelve-year-old Manx Fearty is an orphan (his family has a terrible habit of dying, terribly), and now he's about to lose their perpetual device shop to sinister newcomers claiming to be long-lost relatives. As he sets out to prove them wrong, Manx finds himself on the trail of a murky, mist-muddled mystery -- and it's one he needs to solve fast, otherwise Haarville is doomed. With the help of his fiercely protective drag-queen guardian Father G (aka the fabulous Gloria in Excelsis), loyal best friend Fantoosh, and oystercatcher-with-attitude Olu, Manx wades through secrets, schemes and some stomach-churning seafood.

Can he save both his family's legacy and his town?