Rowan of Rin

To the sturdy villagers of Rin the boy Rowan is a skinny weakling, the most disappointing boy ever. Yet, incredibly, it is the skinny weakling’s help they need when the stream that flows from the top of the Mountain mysteriously dries up. Without its water their precious bukshah herds will die, and Rin will be doomed. Only the witch Sheba has the clue to the mystery. If they are to discover the answers to her riddling prophecies, the six strongest villagers must brave the unknown terrors of the Mountain – and Sheba has determined that Rowan, the timid keeper of the bukshah, must go with them