Check out “The Boy and The Griffin,” by Irish author Seth Santillo, 14
About the Author: Seth is a 14-year-old author living in Co. Waterford, Ireland. He has been writing books over the last few years with the help of his amazing cats. Together they capture the imagination and sincerity of youth, plus the occasional typo from when they walk across his computer keyboard! His published books include The Boy and the Griffin, How to Save a Kingdom on a Budget, Walk in the Shadows, and many more.
About the Book: Twelve-year-old Daren has spent his whole life among the snowy peaks of the mountains, and he’s perfectly happy with snowball fights, dangerous amounts of plum tart, and dreaming about adventures he’ll probably never have.
Then a voice calls to him from the sky.
Her name is Hope. She is a griffin: ancient, powerful, and part of a race Daren has been taught to fear. And somehow, impossibly, the two of them have formed a bond.
When fear turns Daren’s own people against Hope, he must leave behind everything he knows and follow her into a world far bigger, and far more dangerous, than the mountains he has always called home. There he will encounter strange kingdoms, unexpected friends, old enemies, and a conflict rooted in generations of mistrust.
But the farther Daren travels, the more he discovers that the stories people inherit aren’t always the whole truth.
