Serena and the Moor's Last Sigh
Shirley Harber
language
(Harber, Oct. 12, 2013)
Serena and her family move from England to Spain. There she befriends Ismael, a Moroccan boy. They find a message on an ancient scroll that leads them to a castle dungeon where they find the trapped spirit of Muhammad, the last Moorish king of Granada. He tells them he must see his beloved Granada one last time, only then will his spirit rest. But Serena and Ismael have only hours to help him and when they are trapped in the dungeon it seems all is lost.This book for children, aged six years and over, was highly commended at the Writing for Children competition sponsored by Little Tiger Press (Winchester Writers' Conference)