In 17th century Cornwall, Jude's mother was called a witch. Her son is a 'finder' with a rare and strange power. He can sense the presence of gold wherever it is hidden. But Jude's talents dangerous - especially when he leaves his childhood home after his parents' sudden deaths. Captured by a sinister, one-eyed sea-captain, he is plunged into terrifying magical adventures on the magnificent and mysterious Cornish coast. Battling Barbary pirates, slave-stealers and an evil telepathic cat, he is befriended by a family of gold-hungry djinns, doomed to dwell for eternity amng the legions of the damned unless he agrees to save them...A superbly-written historical fantasy by one of children's literature's very best storytellers.
- ISBN13 9781407106885
- Publish Date 7 March 2011
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 November 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Scholastic
- Imprint Marion Lloyd Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English