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Cover of There May Be a Castle by Piers Torday There May Be a CastlePiers Torday

There May Be a Castle

by Piers Torday

Ages 10–13 Reading age 10 Novel Set in somewhere magical movingepic

Thrown from a car crash into the snow, Mouse finds himself in a quest with a talking sheep, while his family search the roadside for him.

A story about children and families, moving and epic in tone. We would put it with children of 10–13, and at a reading age of about 10 for reading alone.

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