The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen: Alan Garner
The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen is a fantasy novel that is more than 50 years old, not that you can tell apart from a few things that are a bit strange to a kid in 2019, like the farmers using horse and carts and no technology at all! It tells the story of Susan and Colin who have gone to stay with some old friends of their mother, while their parents are abroad. They are thrown into a fantasy world of wizards, dwarves and legends when they go exploring in the mysterious Alderly Edge. They meet a wizard known as Cadellin Silverbrow from whom they learn that safety of the world rests on finding the missing Weirdstone of Brisingamen. The Weirdstone holds the key to an enchantment protecting the earth from dark forces. When Colin and Susan realise that they know where the Weirdstone is, they are hunted by the svarts, minions of the dark spirit Nastrond. They have to battle the shape shifting sorceress Selina Place and the evil wizard Grimnir. With the help ...