Flame Chasers

A stunning storyof adventure, friendship and finding your heart’s desire. ‘It reads like the spirited younger sibling to Impossible Creatures ...exquisitely rendered... A smokin’ summer read.’ The Times‘Julie's world building and magicsystems are second to none!’ Louie StowellAll Ember wants is to fly with the golden flamebirds who stop every year at Bright Beacon before heading west across the seas to their mysterious home. Their fiery arrival is also the signal for the waiting Flame Chasers in the harbour below to get ready to follow the birds, whose glowing tail feathers grant the finder a wish. But when Pa tells Ember he is chasing without her, she is devastated. Can she find a ship and captain to help her find her father, and the flamebirds’ secret home?· First novel in duology.· Included in the Times Children’s Best Books of the Year 2024.· Winner of the Hounslow Junior Book Award 2025.· Julie’s first book The Last Spell Breather was longlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Award.Brave perilous magic and the high seas to reach thegolden flamebirds, whose magical tail-feathers grant your heart’s desire.