“Hannah & the Spindle Whorl” released!

Hannah finds a beautiful Salish spinning whorl in a cave near her home on Vancouver Island, but when the vivid dreams and visits from a mystical raven begin, Hannah realizes the spindle whorl is more than just an interesting artifact …

‘I look around again to get my bearings. It usually only takes five more minutes to get from here to the road that crosses to Nell’s bakery. Somehow I know that isn’t the case anymore. There isn’t any trail, and I can’t see or hear any road. And if there isn’t any road, then there isn’t any bakery, which means there isn’t any Nell. If there isn’t any Nell, then — worst of all — there isn’t any Dad. There isn’t any . . . anybody!
It takes a moment to sink in. But, if that’s true . . . it means I’m alone.
“Uy’ skweyul.”
I whirl around, adrenaline surging through my body.
“What . . . who’s there?” I call out to no one in particular.
Silence. And then I see her, a girl about my age. She’s standing only fifteen feet away from me. Her arms rest by her sides and she’s staring straight at me. Even though she looks scared, I recognize her immediately. It’s the girl in my dreams.’

For more information, and/or to buy Carol Anne Shaw’s new YA novel, Hannah & the Spindle Whorl, click here.

To meet author Carol Anne Shaw and get your copy of Hannah signed, come to Word on the Street Vancouver on September 26.

Here’s a book trailer Carol Anne Shaw made way back in Hannah’s infancy: