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Gift
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 91

Gift

Chipo finds herself in rural Zimbabwe with no memory of who she is. In a spiritual coming-of-age adventure that involves witchdoctors, demons, snakes, crocodiles and magic, Chipo makes some amazing friends, meets some fascinating characters, and after discovering the dark truth of her hidden identity, comes to realise who she really is.

Our Street
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 251

Our Street

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-05-24
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  • Publisher: Hachette UK

One World War. One unlikely friendship. One bitter rivalry. The power of friendship, love and jealousy is vividly portrayed in Victor Pemberton's moving wartime saga Our Street. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Harry Bowling. 1944, North London. Fifteen-year-old Frankie Lewis feels as if the war will go on forever. But one night in the blackout, his life takes an extraordinary turn. Whilst playing a vindictive prank on the German-Jewish widow who lives nearby, Frankie finds himself hauled across her doorstep into a world of books and culture. Fascinated by Elsa's stories of life before the war and her late husband - a British officer - young Frankie becomes good friends with Elsa, helping...

A Shadow's Tale
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 255

A Shadow's Tale

A Shadow's Tale is an Urban Fantasy/Bildungsroman that follows the life of a half-demon girl as she comes to terms with who she is. The life of one of every two half demons is controlled by prophecy. The more powerful the demonic parent, the more impact the prophecy has on the hybrid’s life. When the half-demon race wilfully became extinct, certain prophecies were deemed never to come to pass. They were wrong. Shadow has to learn how to cope with who she is, how to deal with people who won't accept her half-demon status, and what her future has in store for her. ,

The Ghosting of Gods
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 342

The Ghosting of Gods

Jesse is a young exorcist who defies his priests when he learns his sister is in danger even though she s dead. When he s exiled to a haunted world, Jesse believes he must unravel the mystery of ghosts if he is to save her. A game of hide-and-seek ensues in which frightening contacts from his sister force him to face the secret, shattering meaning of a verse he knows well: Blessed are the poor in ghost. ,

Greta and Boris
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 90

Greta and Boris

Greta’s best friend is her cat Boris. However, little does she realise her bewhiskered buddy is actually the Prince of the Kingdom of Cats. So when he is kidnapped by the Rat King, a young warrior cat named Kyrie Mi-ke is sent to find Greta, and together they face a mystical and magical adventure to bring Boris home again. Greta must face the challenge of the staircase of the autumn leaves; cross Cloud Top Land and the Milky Sea; end the war between the two tribes of mice and face the truth of the Millpond; before facing the Rat King himself. ,

The Spaceship Saga and Other Stories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 55

The Spaceship Saga and Other Stories

Read a Play together! Will Yarg the alien take Sassie and Sam on an eight-year trip to outer space? Does an Egyptian mummy really come to life in a dusty old museum? Can Connie and her dog outwit the school bully? Just how are the Croaktown Cockroaches so good at football and is it really possible for children to travel back in time to wartime Britain? There’s only one way to find out… Read a Play stories help bring reading to life as you take on different characters throughout the book. Have fun with accents and funny voices at the same time as engaging young readers. This is a truly interactive selection of satisfying stories you can enjoy together with your children. ,

The Firebird Chronicles
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 213

The Firebird Chronicles

In this fantasy adventure, Fletcher and Scoop are Apprentice Adventurers from the ancient establishment of Blotting's Academy on Fullstop Island. This is the place where all story characters are trained. The trouble is, they can't remember how they got there. It's the first day of term, but the two apprentices soon realise something is wrong. Things are going missing, including their own memories, and Scoop has the unsettling feeling that something is creeping in the shadows. As the children search for answers, they become entangled with the life of the Storyteller, the islands creator and king. They journey to his wedding banquet and find themselves uncovering a hidden past. What is their connection to this mysterious man? And is there more to him than meets the eye? ,

The Twilight Symbols
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 481

The Twilight Symbols

How well do you know the Twilight universe… really? In her famous four-book series The Twilight Saga, author Stephenie Meyer refers to myth, music, history, literature and more. She masks numerous symbols in her romantic vampire dreamscape. The Twilight Symbols is a rich A to Z guide of symbols in the Twilight Saga that will lead you to discover whole new worlds, both real and mystical. It will delight and inform Twilight fans, symbol seekers, and the keenest literature detectives. From apples to zombies, from Forks to Rome, from round meadows to moonlit beaches to dark forests, this compelling and comprehensive sourcebook spotlights the symbols that hide and reside in the Twilight world. ,

Jonah and the Last Great Dragon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 182

Jonah and the Last Great Dragon

When Jonah Drake and Ffyrnig, the Red Dragon of Wales, defeat the demons of the Underworld that attack Hereford, everyone in the area thinks that normality will return. But within two days there is the dreadful news that the Night Creatures have swarmed towards London. Accompanied by SAS Air Troopers, who ride eight of the Lesser Dragons of the Marches, Jonah and the Great Dragon fly to London, where they find that they must fight a monstrous water serpent. But the streets around St Paul's Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge are deserted. Where are the Night Creatures? When the demons are discovered, the dragons use their firepower to try to drive them back underground. But an appalling accident happens. The UK's only hope now of ridding the country of the Night Creatures comes in a stray remark made by the Great Dragon. Much against the Prime Minister's better judgement, Jonah and Ffyrnig must fly alone to the Arctic to look for help.

Where is Lonely?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 47

Where is Lonely?

Chelsea is a feisty, hyperactive little girl who meets an unfriendly ogre called Lonely and steps up to the challenge of changing his grumpy ways. It's a story about friendship, but most of all, it's a story for children to enjoy, participate in and identify with.