A futuristic adventure fantasy in which an orphaned girl is on a quest to find the last horses on Earth Serendipity lives inside a walled city.
A Whisper of Horses is her first children\'s book..
She was educated at Oxford University and lives in Wales with her family.
This debut offers up a solid dose of middle-grade adventure." -- Booklist About the Author: Zillah Bethell was born in a leprosy hospital in Papua New Guinea, spent her childhood barefoot playing in the jungle, and didn\'t own a pair of shoes until she came to the United Kingdom when she was eight years old. . . .
Soon, she learns more about her mother\'s history and discovers a map that might lead to horses. the narrative is driven by the skillfully articulated sentiments of a horse-obsessed girl." -- The Telegraph (U.
K.), five stars "When Serendipity\'s mother dies, she leaves Serendipity a figurine of a horse, an animal that has long been extinct in the world. . .
As with all good fantasy, there is a strong requisite of reality. . . .
Bethell\'s inventive heroine propels an action-packed adventure." -- Publishers Weekly "Bethell turns all the old formulas on their head. . . .
Praise for A Whisper of Horses " A] densely plotted dystopian novel, Welsh author Bethell\'s debut.
With elements of both science fiction and realism, it is a story of friendship, perseverance, and resilience that readers won\'t soon forget.
Zillah Bethell\'s middle-grade fiction debut A Whisper of Horses is original, breathtaking, adventurous, and moving.
Traveling with an orphan boy, Tab, and his beloved dog, she\'s soon on the run from a powerful and dangerous man who will do anything to make sure Serendipity never leaves the walled city again.
Horses no longer exist in Serendipity\'s world, but when she discovers a map that may lead her to real horses, she starts on a journey that will take her far from everything she knows.
Before her mother died, she gave Seren an old figurine of a horse.
A futuristic adventure fantasy in which an orphaned girl is on a quest to find the last horses on Earth Serendipity lives inside a walled city
