Author(s): Kate Forsyth

Children Fiction

The Finch children have found themselves caught up in a royalist plot to restore the young king Charles II to his throne. In the company of a duke in disguise and his servant, a cavalier-turned-highwayman, a Catholic priest, and the son of the local squire, Luka and Emilia are only one step ahead of the thieftaker, Coldham and the Roundhead soldiers. Somehow they must evade capture, help the royalist duke escape and still find the Cat's Eye Shell charm, that gives power over the sea and water... Winner of the 2007 Aurealis Award for children's fiction.