Katherine rundell

On Friday 4^th of May Katherine Rundell came to our class. She talked to us about how she gets inspiration for her books. Katherine Rundell has written four books, “Rooftoppers”, “The Explorer”, “Wolf Wilder” and “The Girl Savage”. There is also a new one coming out. You better be on the lookout! She talked to us about how she writes her books. She helped us to lay out our own idea for a book.

                      She spoke to us about how she got the idea for”Rooftoppers". She was in university in Oxford. She did not like it there. Her friend said that there was a secret passage to get up to the roof. She went up there with her friend at night. One night she and her friend found a glass bottle up on the roof. They thought that someone lived up there. And that’s how she got the idea for" Rooftoppers".

               Another one of her books is “The Explorer”. It is Illustrated by Hannah Horn. Katherine told us that she went to the Amazon Jungle. She said that she saw pink dolphins and she said she ate piranhas. Katherine Rundell said that while she was in a boat the man driving said to reverse. She asked why.  He said that there was a caiman. He said a caiman is like an alligator. Then they went spearfishing. To spearfish, you need to hold a torch over the water. Then at the last minute you strike!

           She also told us that she met a tribe. She said that their houses floated on water. She spoke to them for a while and they told her that tarantula meat is very tasty! So, when Katherine returned home and found a shop that sold tarantulas, she bought one. On arriving home, she opened the tin and bit into the head! She said that it was not nice. We all thought that she was very brave to eat a tarantula.

Katherine Rundell is a great inspiration for us into the future!

By Aideen Fuller, Emily Barry and Olivia Cholody Dbierec