A graduate of Exeter University, Wendy spent 20 years as a teacher of French, Latin and Classical studies before a change of career led her to writing children's fiction. Currently residing in Abu Dhabi, she lives with her husband and beautiful Tonkinese cat.
Wendy's ""Shadows from the Past"" time-travel adventures, featuring 3 children and a rather special cat called Max, are aimed at the Middle Grade age group. This award-winning series also includes several shorter novellas that see Max the talking Tonkinese cat undertaking solo missions. Now working on the 18th book in the series, ""The Shadow of the Shifting Sands"", Wendy hopes that her love of history, myth and legend will rub off on her young readers as she takes them on a magical mystery tour through the past.
In his fifth solo mini-adventure, Max the talking Tonkinese cat, the feline hero of the SHADOWS FROM THE PAST series travels back in time to the mid-seventeenth century.
He doesn’t understand how this has happened until he recognises his surroundings and realises it isn't the first time he’s been to this place. Why has he been brought to this tumbledown cottage in the middle of nowhere? All is about to be revealed…
In 17th century Essex, at a time when most people believed in witchcraft, the name Matthew Hopkins was enough to strike fear into the heart of many a woman who lived alone with only a pet cat for company… for Hopkins was the Witchfinder General.
The 15th book in the Shadows from the Past series takes the time-travelling foursome back to the year 1646. It isn’t Max’s first visit to the village of Mistley Thorn, but this time his friends Jemima, Joe and Charlie are by his side.
Their mission is to bring an end to Hopkins’ campaign of terror. Will they succeed, or might this prove to be their most dangerous challenge yet? "
Snippets:
Max’s Hallowe’en Adventure (the prequel to The Shadow of the Witchfinder)
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Overjoyed to be back home, safely encircled in Jemima’s arms, Max soon fell asleep, but it was a fitful slumber and he fidgeted restlessly, haunted by vivid dreams. He moaned softly as the Witchfinder General’s harsh voice taunted him.
‘You’ll be back, blue-eyed imp, and I’ll be waiting for you. You won’t escape me a second time…’
With Matthew Hopkins’ words echoing in his head, Max awoke with a start, his heart racing at the thought of facing the Witchfinder again.
The Shadow of the Witchfinder
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Why me?’ Max wailed. ‘Why is it always me? I don’t want this. I want to go home.’
Goody Clowes wagged a finger. ‘No, not until the deed is done. You’re here for a reason and you cannot escape what the fates have in store for you.’
Max quivered under her stern gaze. He didn’t like the sound of that last bit. It seemed that everywhere they went it fell to him to save the day. He was sure it was all down to the Guardians of Time, the mysterious group who had sent him to their secret training camp to become one of their special agents. Did he want to be a special agent? No, he didn’t. He wanted to go back to being an ordinary cat again. Why could no one understand that? It just wasn’t fair. The old lady’s face softened, seeing the large cat’s misery. ‘I know, I know. You don’t want this, and I wish I could take the burden from you, but sometimes we all have to do things we don’t want to. You cannot fight destiny. You must accept the path it chooses for you. But fear not, we will all work together to lure the Witchfinder into a trap. Be strong, Maximus. You have within you what it takes to fulfil the task.’
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