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Authors: Kate Forsyth
The Wildkin’s Curse
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Kate Forsyth is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty books for children and adults, including
The Puzzle Ring
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The Gypsy Crown
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The Starthorn Tree
and
Dragon Gold.
Since her first published book was named a Best First Novel of 1998 by
Locus
magazine, Kate has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including a Cybil Award in the US. In 2007, Kate became the first author to win five Aurealis awards in a single year when Books 2â6 in the Chain of Charms series were jointly awarded the 2007 Aurealis Award for Children's Fiction. Book 5,
The Lightning Bolt
, was also named a Notable Book for 2007 by the Children's Book Council of Australia.
Kate lives by the sea in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and three children, and many thousands of books.
ALSO BY KATE FORSYTH
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The Starthorn Tree
The Puzzle Ring
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The Chain of Charms series:
The Gypsy Crown
The Silver Horse
The Herb of Grace
The Cat's Eye Shell
The Lightning Bolt
The Butterfly in Amber
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ALSO BY KATE FORSYTH
AND ILLUSTRATED BY MITCH VANE
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Ben and Tim's Magical Misadventures:
Dragon Gold
Wishing for Trouble
Sea Magic
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ALSO BY KATE FORSYTH
AND ILLUSTRATED BY ROSALIE STREET
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I Am
Wildkin's
CURSE
KATE FORSYTH
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First published 2010 in Pan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
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The wildkin's curse / Kate Forsyth.
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978 0 330 42605 3 (pbk.)
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Contents
Family Tree of the Royal Family of Ziva
Chapter 9: The Perilous Forest
Chapter 13: The Star and Crown Inn
Chapter 14: Lilies in the Field
Chapter 16: Shooting the Albatross
Chapter 18: Twiddling Their Thumbs
Chapter 19: Midnight at the Gate
Chapter 21: The Tower of Stars
Chapter 25: Morning of the Spring Equinox
Chapter 30: The Wildkin's Curse
Chapter 31: Playing Dice With Death
Chapter 32: True Love Falls Awry
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For my sister
Belinda Murrell
For listening when I need to talk
For talking when I need to listen
And for travelling the writer's road hand in hand with me
The Prophecy
Three times a babe shall be born,
between star-crowned and iron-bound.
First, the sower of seeds, the soothsayer,
though lame, he must travel far.
Next shall be the king-breaker, the king-maker,
though broken himself he shall be.
Last, the smallest and the greatestâ
in him, the blood of wise and wild,
farseeing ones and starseeing ones.
Though he must be lost before he can find,
though, before he sees, he must be blind,
if he can find and if he can see,
the true king of all he shall be.
Family Tree of the Royal Family of Ziva
Characters
The ziv Estaria family, rulers of the County of Estelliana
L
ORD
Z
EDRIN
(called Zed)
âaged 16
P
EDRIN
, his father
L
ADY
L
ISANDRE
, his mother
P
RISCILLA
, his sisterâaged 15
C
OUNT
Z
YGMUNT
, his uncle and Count of Estelliana
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The Bellringer family, residents of Estelliana
M
ERRIK
(called Merry)
âaged 16
D
URRIK THE
S
OOTHSAYER
, his father (now dead)
M
AGLEN
, his mother (called Mags or the Hag)
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The Vendavala family, rulers of Stormlinn Castle and the Perilous Forest
L
ILIANA
(called Lili)
âaged 16
L
ADONNA
, her mother (now dead)
B
RIONY
, her aunt, Erlrune of the Evenlinn
S
HOSHANNA
, her aunt (now dead)
A
VANNIA
, her grandmother (once Erlqueen of the Stormlinn, now dead)
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The ziv Zitaraz family, rulers of the County of Zitara and the land of Ziva
K
ING
Z
ABRAK
P
RINCE
Z
ANDER
, his son and heir
P
RINCESS
A
DORA
, Prince Zander's wife
P
RINCESS
R
OZALINA
(Prince Zander's daughter with Shoshanna Vendavala)âaged 16
Lady Vernisha, Princess Adora's mother
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The ziv Valletta family
C
OUNT
Z
AVION
L
ORD
Z
AKARY
, his sonâaged 17
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S
TIGA
, an old servant at Stormlinn Castle
A
UBIN THE
F
AIR
, the constable at Estelliana Castle
W
ILHELM
, a soldier
A
NNIE
, a lady-in-waiting
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