The Wolf Princess
With rights already sold to fifteen countries, and a film adaptation in the pipeline, Cathryn Constable’s enchanting debut novel, The Wolf Princess, looks set to be one of the hottest children’s titles of the autumn.
Exciting, atmospheric, romantic and stylish, The Wolf Princess marks a welcome return to the comfort of traditional storytelling. Discovered by Barry Cunningham, the original publisher of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, Cathryn Constable’s The Wolf Princess comes at a time when children’s reading needs a new touch of sparkle. Steeped in history and nostalgia, but delicious in its telling, The Wolf Princess is a celebration of innocence, friendship and resourcefulness.
Sophie Smith and her friends are surprised to win places on a school trip to Russia. For Sophie, who dreams of fairytale forests, drifts of snow and wild wolves, it is as if, for the first time in her life, something magical is happening.
But in Russia, things don’t go to plan. Abandoned on an express train heading out of St Petersburg, they are rescued by the glamorous Princess Anna Volkonskaya who takes them to her winter palace and mesmerises them with stories of lost diamonds and a tragic past.
But as night falls and white wolves prowl, Sophie discovers more than dreams in the crumbling palace of secrets...
For fans of C. S. Lewis, Eva Ibbotson and Cornelia Funke, The Wolf Princess is both a nostalgic fairytale and a contemporary adventure about a girl who discovers her past is not quite as ordinary as she thought.
After reading Theology at Cambridge University, Cathryn Constable went on to work in magazine journalism, writing for Vogue, W, Elle Decoration, Elle, The Independent, Tatler and The Sunday Times, before realising her dream of blending a love for all things Russian with a story for children. Cathryn is married with three children and lives in London.
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