The Cloak of Feathers

Author(s): Nigel Quinlan

Children & Young Adult

Every hundred years, in the magical town of Knowmealldown, fairies known as the Good Folk join the villagers for a Great Festival. It's a raucous, beautiful, enchanted celebration.Well, it's supposed to be.Except every time Brian helps to organise the Great Festival it's a disappointment. Worse, this time the Folk Princess has been stolen. Can Brian thwart the Princess's evil captor in time to avoid the wrath of the Folk King and Queen, and finally deliver a Festival to remember?A magical adventure filled with myth, mischief and misunderstandings, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Diana Wynne Jones and those who love modern fairy tales with a comic twist.

General Information

  • : 9781444014181
  • : Hachette Children's Group
  • : Orion Children's Books
  • : 0.2
  • : 11 January 2018
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 13 March 2018
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Nigel Quinlan
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 240

More About The Product

Nigel Quinlan is an Irish writer born in Limerick in 1970. He has worked in libraries and bookshops all over Ireland before washing up in the midlands village of Cloughjordan with his wife and his two children. He writes stories for local festivals and acts with the local drama group. His first novel, THE MALONEYS' MAGICAL WEATHERBOX is a middle grade fantasy based on a short story he wrote as a teenager while minding his parents' petrol pumps.Find Nigel's website at http://uglychicken.livejournal.com/