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Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend
(2023)(The first book in the Vivi Conway series)
A novel by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
2024 Branford Boase Award (longlist)
2024 Waterstones Children's Book Prize (nominee)
“The problem with growing up listening to bedtime stories about monsters, magic and myth is that you don’t really question it when a lake summons you…”
The lake has been calling to twelve-year-old Vivi Conway. On the day she and her Mams will move from Wales to London, she sneaks out to investigate what is calling her there. Instead of a quiet swim, she finds Excalibur (much smaller than she expected), a ferocious monster (much scarier in real life than in her mythology books), a new friend (which she doesn’t want at all) called Dara and a ghostly dog named Gelert (who can talk). Gelert insists that Vivi is part of a magical group of children who share the souls of witches from legend and must protect the world from being taken over by the evil King Arawn of the Otherworld. Oh, and now she can magically control water.
With a little extra help from spiky Stevie and sweet-hearted Chia, can Vivi be brave enough to embrace true friendship and her magical destiny to help protect the world from evil?
The first book in a fantastical series that combines a quest for magic and friendship with Welsh mythology and a pinch of science, all within a contemporary setting.
Genre: Children's Fiction
The lake has been calling to twelve-year-old Vivi Conway. On the day she and her Mams will move from Wales to London, she sneaks out to investigate what is calling her there. Instead of a quiet swim, she finds Excalibur (much smaller than she expected), a ferocious monster (much scarier in real life than in her mythology books), a new friend (which she doesn’t want at all) called Dara and a ghostly dog named Gelert (who can talk). Gelert insists that Vivi is part of a magical group of children who share the souls of witches from legend and must protect the world from being taken over by the evil King Arawn of the Otherworld. Oh, and now she can magically control water.
With a little extra help from spiky Stevie and sweet-hearted Chia, can Vivi be brave enough to embrace true friendship and her magical destiny to help protect the world from evil?
The first book in a fantastical series that combines a quest for magic and friendship with Welsh mythology and a pinch of science, all within a contemporary setting.
Genre: Children's Fiction
Praise for this book
"A heartwarming and spellbinding book, with wonderful disability and LGBTQ+ representation. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it." - Natasha Hastings
"A remarkable, heart-pounding, reinvigorated story of the myths you think you know - with characters you can't forget and prose you will read again and again. Fun, fast, and Welsh legends have never looked this beautiful in print." - Elle McNicoll
"Full of warmth and wit, Vivi Conway has captured my heart. The author brings the epic sagas of Welsh mythology to a brilliantly realised everyday reality - with a wonderful cast of children ready to save the world. The perfect magical adventure." - Zohra Nabi
"A remarkable, heart-pounding, reinvigorated story of the myths you think you know - with characters you can't forget and prose you will read again and again. Fun, fast, and Welsh legends have never looked this beautiful in print." - Elle McNicoll
"Full of warmth and wit, Vivi Conway has captured my heart. The author brings the epic sagas of Welsh mythology to a brilliantly realised everyday reality - with a wonderful cast of children ready to save the world. The perfect magical adventure." - Zohra Nabi
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