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Gargoyles: The Watcher

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Gargoyles: The Watcher
Tamsin Mori
UCLan publishing

With the evil ghasts defeated and the Source purified, Callen is eagerly embracing his Guardian training with his gargoyle, Zariel. As a novice though, he still has a great deal to learn and when Oculus (the organisation that oversees all the magical Sources) learns that Callen has been made a Guardian, they send a Watcher to assess his skills. Callen is only too aware that if he fails, he risks losing both his new home and his gargoyle. However with ghosts prowling, a missing kelpie to find and tainted magic spreading beyond Gargoyles Rest, Callen’s courage, friendships and his resourcefulness will all be put to the test. However the Watcher has decided that Callen is worth training and stays on to help him and his friends.

Who will Callen trust and when faced with choosing between defending the Source and protecting his friends, what will he do? The choices he faces will push him to his very limits for he cannot bear to see any creature suffer. Teamwork and loyalty area key factors for Callen when it comes to finding the right path.

With it’s fast-paced action and dangers aplenty, Tamsin Mori’s wonderfully imagined, multi-layered second Gargoyles adventure is totally gripping and packed with magical realism. Don’t miss this one.

Gargoyles: Guardians of the Source

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Gargoyles: Guardians of the Source
Tamsin Mori
UCLan Publishing

When Callen and his parents move into a ramshackle country mansion in need of restoration that used to belong to his grandmother, he’s far from happy. Every ledge has gargoyles frowning down, there’s a secret tunnel and weird sounds coming from the basement, as well as locked rooms. Seemingly there are secrets nobody has told him about. Then he comes upon an old journal in one of the rooms and learns of protector gargoyles and how human guardians are able to summon all the gargoyles to their aid.

The sense of unease Callen feels about the place is proved correct when come midnight he’s awoken by what he thinks is the sound of claws: the gargoyle from his bedroom windowsill has come to life. This precipitates events that see him endeavouring to take on the family role of Guardian, the ability for which the gargoyle doubts because it takes years to train. Callen will certainly need to win the trust of said gargoyle, Zariel and find lots of courage to undertake especially with a threat of evil magic poisoning the source creating a sense of urgency.

As he meets new friends with experience of magic, Callen begins to realise his own potential.

With themes of friendship, hope and the power of dreams, and dangers aplenty, this action-packed fantasy ends with the promise of more; KS2 readers who enjoy adventures infused with magic will eagerly await the second book.