A review by aprilbooksandwine
The Flint Heart by John Paterson, Katherine Paterson

3.0

The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson and John Paterson illustrated by John Rocco opens up on ancient times. Long ago, in the Stone Age, a young soldier named Phuttphutt once wanted what is not his, the chiefdom of his clan. He was kindhearted, too soft to seize the reigns of power. So he went to the local wise man who forged him a heart of flint which caused Phuttphutt to be brutal and cruel, but also to win the chiefdom. Phuttphutt reigned with an iron fist until he died and The Flint Heart was buried with him. Unfortunately it doesn’t stay buried forever. Mr. Jago finds it and comes home another man. It is up to his children, mainly Unity and Charles with the help of the fairies and an intrepid hot water bottle to destroy The Flint Heart.

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