The Shining Swan - Butler, P. K.
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In Ireland, where her great-grandmother owns a castle, Claire learns that she is the descendant of a magical race that once ruled ancient Éire. And like her ancestor Gealala, a 13th-century ruler known as the Shining Swan, Claire possesses an ability to summon birds. In fact, four raptors come unbidden to assist her in fulfilling a hereditary destiny to protect endangered waders. Irish curlews, nearly extinct, have chosen to nest on the shores of Lough Gur, the Enchanted Lake. To save their threatened habitat, Claire relies on a host of friends, including a neighbor's eight-year-old foster…mehr

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In Ireland, where her great-grandmother owns a castle, Claire learns that she is the descendant of a magical race that once ruled ancient Éire. And like her ancestor Gealala, a 13th-century ruler known as the Shining Swan, Claire possesses an ability to summon birds. In fact, four raptors come unbidden to assist her in fulfilling a hereditary destiny to protect endangered waders. Irish curlews, nearly extinct, have chosen to nest on the shores of Lough Gur, the Enchanted Lake. To save their threatened habitat, Claire relies on a host of friends, including a neighbor's eight-year-old foster child and expert fairy hunter. Together they decipher long-hidden clues to revive the mystical power of a mythical past.
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Autorenporträt
P.K. Butler is the author of the middle-grade trilogy Of the Wing. She is now writing and illustrating seven stories in the serial chapter-book series, The Bird Club. Butler earned a Master of Art degree in English from the Pennsylvania State University where she taught English Composition for several years. Thereafter she pursued a teaching career in adult and higher education. David E. Butler, her late husband, introduced Butler to the fascinating world of birds. Through her fiction, she hopes to share this wondrous discovery with readers of all ages.