Synopses & Reviews
The boy knows his family is special; for centuries they have been guardians of the beautiful, magical Golden Hares, keeping them safe and secret from the rest of the world.
So the boy and his sister watch and follow the hares, and one day they are rewarded by an extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime experience. They witness the competition for the new queen of the Golden Hares, in which each young female must sing to win the crown, and the old queen must then make her perilous last journey to the island of the Golden Hares. When the children hear the hares sing, they are spellbound and their hearts are bound to the hares for ever.
But others are searching for the Golden Hares, with hounds and evil intentions. As the hunters close in on the old queen, the boy and his sister find themselves singing the haresand#8217; magical music. Is it possible that the hares can be saved by the Song of the Golden Hare?
Review
"He loved hares for their twilight dancing wildness, the light in their amber eyes, their long velvet ears, their speed. He loved music for the way it made his heart dance inside him."
and#151; from the book
Synopsis
He had been waiting all his life, hoping to hear the hare's song.... The boy and his family are special. While others hunt the hares, his family search for leverets orphaned by the hunt and keep them safe. But this isn't why they are special. It is because they hold the secret of the song of the golden hare. When the hares begin to move across the land the boy and his sister know that their greatest challenge has begun. They must follow and watch and wait until the time comes for the old queen to leave and her child to reign in her place. But others are searching for the golden queen of the hares, a hunter with two hounds, one silver, one black. Can two children, on their own, keep the golden queen safe from the man and his hounds?
About the Author
Jackie Morris makes a living by drawing, painting and dreaming.and#160;She is well known for her illustrations to Ted Hughes's How the Whale Became. She regularly exhibits her paintings in galleries. Her other titles for Frances Lincoln are, The Snow Leopard, Can You See a Little Bear?, Lord of the Forest, Tell Me a Dragon, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Ice Bear, I am Cat, and East of the Sun, West of the Moon. She lives in Wales with lots of animals.