Pari Thomson - The Frozen King : A Greenwild Adventure
Ignite a passion for reading with Pari Thomson, the overall winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize! To celebrate her glittering new standalone fantasy adventure, The Frozen King, Pari invites KS2 pupils on an epic journey to the frozen North.
Shimmering with wild wintry magic and high-stakes adventure, this immersive session explores powerful storytelling, world-building, and the wonders of nature that inspire her books. Perfect for fans of Northern Lights and Skandar, Pari's captivating workshop will inspire your young writers to craft their own magical worlds. Slots are limited—book this award-winning talent today!
Date - Tuesday 13th October
Available time... 11am (time approximate)
KS2 Children - School years 3, 4, 5 & 6.
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The Frozen King
The Frozen King is a sparkling new fantasy adventure by the overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize Winner Pari Thomson. Set ten years after the events of the critically acclaimed Greenwild trilogy, The Frozen King is a thrilling return to the world for existing fans of the series. Featuring a brand-new heroine and an epic journey to the ends of the earth, this is also a stand-alone story that can be enjoyed by readers who are new to Greenwild. Shimmering with wild wintry magic, and featuring beautiful illustrations by Elisa Paganelli, this is the perfect winter read for all middle-grade fantasy lovers.
Eleven-year-old Annika may be heir to the ocean-ruled kingdom of Iffenwild, but she’d much rather be sailing with her travelling theatre troupe than learning how to be queen. But when her beloved uncle Max - the king - returns gravely injured from a secret mission to the Utter North, her world shifts in an instant.
Determined to find a long-lost cure, Annika journeys into the frozen North: a land of towering ice cliffs, frozen seas, and powerful ice magic. But the deeper she ventures, the clearer it becomes that something far darker is stirring. If Annika fails, it won’t just be her uncle’s life at stake - it will be the fate of the entire magical world.
With Thomson’s exquisite storytelling and spellbinding world-building, and brilliant characters including the bold and brave heroine Annika and the enormous husky wolf-dog Elska, The Frozen King is perfect for fans of Northern Lights, The Last Bear and Skandar. The Greenwild series has enchanted thousands of readers across the globe, and this unforgettable high-stakes new story cements Pari as one of the most exciting fantasy writers for children today.
Biography
Pari Thomson’s debut novel, Greenwild: The World Behind the Door, was published to critical acclaim in 2023. It was named Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Year 2023, and won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024. Pari’s original fantasy adventure was inspired by the extraordinary wonders found at Kew Gardens, a botanical garden that features everything from giant lily pads and freckled orchids to hairy pink bananas. A tribute to the beauty and wildness of nature, Greenwild also draws on the various natural settings that Pari lived in and experienced growing up, including misty pine forests in Pakistan, colourful gardens in India and pomegranate groves in Iran. Half Persian, half English, Pari studied at Oxford University and now works as Editorial Director for picture books at a children’s publisher. She lives near the river in London, not far from Kew Gardens. The second and third books in the Greenwild series, Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea and Greenwild: The Forest in the Sky, are out in paperback now.