A new adventure series about the pivotal moments of discovery through the ages, bringing the past to life with a generous helping of fantasy, humour and delightful, black and white illustrations.Shaman by name and shaman by nature Billy just hasnt found his magic ... yet. His selfish, globetrotting parents abandon him for yet another summer in Charles Darwins strange, museumlike house, where Billy stumbles across a 200yearold giant talking tortoise named Charles Darwin, by the famous man himself. Charles D, the tortoise, knows every inch of the house and every artefact in it, and hes keen to help Billy realise his powers and set him on the path to adventure.A beautifully carved Inuit ivory necklace is the first object that whisks him back in time to the shrieking chaos of an Arctic blizzard to meet its rightful owner, a girl called Ahnah, her shapeshifting grandmother and the mysterious explorer Pytheas.

Binding: Paperback;176 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Classification: YFC; Weight: 286 g; Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20

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