Bone Flute

An outline of treetops formed behind him through the walls of the house. The fire in the windows turned pale yellow, then green, then blue, a watery shadow printed on the trees. And then the house, with its brass, its ivy, and its fiery windows, melted into the night. Camrose, a perfectly normal 12-year-old, has inherited responsibility for an ancient bone flute, an object of quest for two time-wandering rivals, one of them lord of the Otherworld. With the help of her friend Mark and the not-quite-human Miranda, Camrose braves fire and much worse to claim the flute and restore it to its rightful-and unexpected-owner. One by one, the elements of The Bone Flute gathered in Patricia Bow's mind and, she says, decided to make a story. She was struck by ancient tales of a person who does something so terrible that he must roam the earth forever, seeking to make amends. She noted that most cultures have a concept of an Otherworld-not heaven, not hell, just other. And she read about ancient flutes made from animal bones. Three-quarters Celtic, Patricia loves lonely pipe music and is a master storyteller. She is the author of many other books, most fantasy, and many translated into German.Bow, Patricia is the author of 'Bone Flute', published 2005 under ISBN 9781551433011 and ISBN 155143301X.