Carrick Heroine Star of Children’s Book
Published by Carrickfergus Times
The Way of the Warrior, the debut instalment in the Katherine of Carrick series, is being released by London-based ProjectPublish.
Aimed at children aged over seven years, the adventure tale features Carrickfergus girl Katherine, the world’s youngest history detective who is “determined to put girls back on the map.”
“To outwit a bully, Katherine has to go back in time to find girl pirate,” a synopsis from the publisher reads.
“She sails the high seas on her Viking ship, meeting real pirates of the past in her quest for the truth.”
The book’s author Annie Holmes, who writes under a pseudonym, is herself a former resident of Carrickfergus.
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