Defenders 1 : Killing Ground

The past is closer than Nadiya and Seth think …

Everyone is freaked out when circles of scorched earth start appearing in Halifax – on the moors, the parks and even the football pitches.  Seth is most disturbed of all – he sees the shadows of the past.

But when he looks into a Viking’s murderous eyes and smells the stink of burning flesh, Seth knows he must stop this cycle of supernatural suffering.  With his friend Nadiya, can he discover the dark history behind the forces attacking their town?

Great way into : KS2 Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

Read Chapter 1 of Killing Ground here

Illustrated by David Shepard

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Available now from your local library or Buy the book from your local bookshop, Amazon and Kindle.

 

“plenty of adventure, jeopardy, blood and thunder and mixing it all in with a good dollop of the country’s favourite spectator sport… There are echoes here of Alan Garner and just a hint of the mystery behind Harry Potter – and that should be enough to get anyone reading.” The Letterpress Project

Defenders is a new trilogy:
Book 1 –  Killing Ground
Book 2  – Dark Arena
Book 3  – Pitch Invasion

Published by Barrington Stoke

Seth and Nadiya specialise in solving ghostly hauntings at football venues, with settings including:

• Anglo-Saxon village, Yorkshire
• Roman Amphitheatre, City of London
• Iron Age Celtic hill fort, Cornwall

 

 

And each book ties into a KS2 history theme:

• Iron Age Celts
• Roman Britain
• Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

 “We are currently running a Books 4 Buddies scheme here at Northwood and Defenders is going down a storm with my reluctant readers.”  Northwood School

Resources:

Anglo Saxon/Viking history quiz based on Defenders: Killing Ground here

 

 

Video 1 – Killing Ground introduction

Video 2 – Killing Ground & my ancestry DNA testing

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