The Cadwaladr Chronicles/Quests 11+ Vocabulary Novels 7-Book Bundle (Year 4 and 5)

The Cadwaladr Chronicles (prequels to the Cadwaladr Quests).

Trap, Cipher, Siege and Escape.

Reading Order.

Trap (2nd Edition)
Cipher (2nd Edition)
Siege (2nd Edition)
Escape (up-to-date version)

The Cadwaladr Quests (can be read as a standalone trilogy).

Reading Order.

Tangled Time (2nd Edition)
Race for the Gold (2nd edition)
Cat’s Eye (2nd edition)

Start with The Cadwaladr Chronicles: Trap, Cipher, Siege and Escape, then continue with The Cadwaladr Quests: Tangled Time, Race for the Gold, and Cat’s Eye. The series should be read sequentially to make vocabulary learning engaging and effective for 11+ exams. (The Quests can also be read as a standalone trilogy.)

The Cadwaladr Chronicles

Trap: Callwen ‘Cad’ Cadwaladr guards a secret. Imprisoned in Catrin Castle’s high tower, she must escape and save her brother, Prince John, with the help of her friends Rhys and Dylan.

Cipher: Sickness strikes Catrin Castle. Cad and her friends race to solve a stolen cipher in time to save the people, but dark news forces Cad to act alone.

Siege: Catrin Castle is under siege. Cad, waking from a poisoned stupor with no memory, must find and destroy a deadlier weapon with her friends.

Escape: Chaos ensues when a visiting dignitary meets a sudden end. Cad and her companions must defend against traitors and uncover long-buried secrets.

The Cadwaladr Quests (Can be read as a standalone trilogy).

Tangled Time: Claire discovers she’s descended from twelfth-century knights who need her help. Guided by knights who manipulate time, she must face her fears and protect a dangerous artefact.

Race for the Gold: Claire and Ben must find the magical Welsh gold to save the stricken knights. Navigating perilous paths, Claire must rescue Ben and reach Cadwaladr Castle.

Cat’s Eye: With the Master dead and Ben missing, Claire must trust herself to face betrayal and deception. She has twenty-four hours to reunite the Gwalch Gem and Welsh gold, outwit the new Master and save the Knights Hawk.

Each book is designed for the 11+ tests, featuring challenging vocabulary woven into fantasy stories for both girls and boys.

Bold key words and definitions feature on every page. 

Our KNOWLEDGE NUGGETS help students identify and understand 11+ literary devices, such as metaphors, personification, idioms, inference, irony, and sarcasm, alongside SPaG and comprehension techniques. Suitable for GL, ISEB, SET, CSSE, Sutton, Tiffin, Future Stories (FSCE), CEM, all independent schools 11+ and SATs.