Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds

Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds Synopsis

Aubrey returns in a post-Brexit epic adventure that tackles environmental, migration and relationship themes.

The ladybirdz arrive in Woodside Terrace, and Aubrey's Easter holidays get complicated. Ariadne the spider asks Aubrey to help. Something Must Be Done, but first Aubrey sucks the swallow stone which makes him small enough for daring flights on the back of Hirundo the Swallow and amazing adventures in the Web of Time and Space. Add in Bernardo the bee, Eric the earthworm and a whole conference of ravens, and you have the start of an epic tale in which a small boy and a house spider try to save the world!

Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds Reader Reviews

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• Seren Daly, age 10 - 'Fantastically funny and amazing, I just couldn't put it down.'   
• Lewis Briggs, age 10 - 'An adventurous book about a boy who turns small and is asked by a spider to save the world. Funny and gripping!  I loved this book! I can't wait to read the next one.'    
• Erica Motoc, age 11 - 'This book is awesome and gave me a different view about insects and I loved all the different things like ‘The Great Hunger’. They were great!'
• Josh Parcell, age 9 - 'I would give this book a rating of 10 stars, because it was full of adventures and about animals two of my most favourite topics!'
• Reuben Lunt, age 10 - 'This was not just a book, it was a crazy, imaginative warning to the earth.'
• Beatrice Whithear, age 9 - 'There was some really exciting bits when I didn't want to stop reading...but I definitely want to read the next one.'
• Grace Phelan, age 9 - 'An interesting read full of adventure and fantasy.'
• Sue Wilsher - 'As in Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot, Horatio Clare has a knack of explaining fairly complex issues in a very child-friendly way, making things easier to understand...A satisfying second adventure!'
• Isla Howells, age 12 - 'Lovely, exciting journey and I loved every moment of it, a real page-turner.'
• Amina - 'Sink into Aubrey's world where anything can happen talking to animals, flying (sort of) and even problems. Will Aubrey save the day read the book to find out.'
• Ross O'Gorman - 'A magical, funny tale about a boy called Aubrey who loves animals and can understand what they are saying. He gets called upon to save the world by stopping the human race destroying the planet.'

Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds Press Reviews

‘Horatio Clare writes about animals as well as T. H. White.’ ‘stood out from the beginning’ Branford Boase Award Judges

‘Horatio Clare has the voice of a great storyteller. As I said, a joy, a sheer joy!’ Michael Morpurgo

‘A jewel not to be missed’ Nicolette Jones

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ISBN: 9781910080504
Publication date: 15/05/2017
Publisher: Firefly Press Ltd
Format: Paperback

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About Horatio Clare

Horatio Clare’s first book, Running for the Hills, an acclaimed account of a Welsh childhood, won a Somerset Maugham Award, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and saw Horatio shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His subsequent books include Truant, A Single Swallow, The Prince’s Pen, Down to the Sea in Ships (winner of the Dolman Travel Book of the Year) and Orison for a Curfew. His essays and reviews appear regularly in the national press and on BBC radio. Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot was Horatio’s first ...

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