Tanya’s titles for younger children include three stories about Flotsam and Jetsam; the young novel Waking Merlin and its sequel Merlin’s Apprentice; and The World’s Bellybutton and its sequel The Kraken Snores. Since 1992 Tanya has been part of Storybox Theatre, working alongside her husband Rod Burnett. She lives with her family in Devon.
You can find out more about Tanya and her books by visiting her website at www.tanyalandman.com
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, used fictitiously.
First published 2008 by Walker Books Ltd
87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ
Text © 2008 Tanya Landman
Cover photograph: Blend Images/Alamy
Extract p. 7 from The Conquest of Mexico
by Hugh Thomas, published by Hutchinson.
Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd.
The right of Tanya Landman to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
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