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(0)Marcus Sedgwick
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Series
The raven mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
Meet the wonderfully weird Otherhand family and their faithful guardian, Edgar the raven, and discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherhand. Edgar is alarmed when he sees a nasty looking black tail slinking under the castle walls. But his warnings to the inhabitants of the castle go unheeded.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Raven Boy has short black spiky hair, amazing night vision and can talk to animals. Elf Girl is light of foot, sharp of mind and elfish all over. She hadn't expected to meet Raven Boy; it's not that often someone falls out of the trees and squashes your home flat like Raven Boy did.
4) Saint Death
Author
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Language
English
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Description
Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez - 20 metres outside town lies a fence, and beyond it, America - the dangerous goal of many a migrant. Faustino is one such trying to escape from the gang he's been working for. He's dipped into a pile of dollars he was supposed to be hiding and now he's on the run. He and his friend, Arturo, have only 36 hours to replace the missing money, or they're as good as dead. Watching...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Cudweed's birthday is coming up, and, like all small boys, he has big ideas and many lists about the presents he'd really like. Preparations for the party are in full swing at Otherhand Castle and the excitement is mounting.
10) Midwinterblood
Author
Publisher
Indigo
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
What would you sacrifice for someone you've loved forever? Tragically separated in life, Eric and Merle's souls have searched to be reunited through ten centuries, but can their love last?
Author
Publisher
Indigo
Language
English
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Description
Laureth Peak's father is a writer. For years he's been trying, and failing, to write a novel about coincidence. His wife thinks he's obsessed, Laureth thinks he's on the verge of a breakdown. He's supposed to be doing research in Austria, so when his notebook shows up in New York, Laureth knows something is wrong. On impulse she steals her mother's credit card and heads for the States, taking her strange little brother Benjamin with her. Reunited...
14) White crow
Author
Language
English
Description
It's summer. Rebecca is an unwilling visitor to Winterfold - taken from the buzz of London and her friends and what she thinks is the start of a promising romance. Ferelith already lives in Winterfold - it's a place that doesn't like to let you go, and she knows it inside out.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Saving the world isn't going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy. They've left Fright Forest and crossed a huge plain to the worryingly named Monster Mountains, where they find a sign telling them to turn back. Perhaps they should do as it says!
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Set in a near-future Britain, 'Dark Satanic Mills' tracks a young girl's journey from the flooded landmarks of London to the vast, scorched and abandoned hills of the north. Framed for a murder she did not commit, Christie has no other choice but to run for her life.
Author
Publisher
Dolphin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Held captive in the palace by the Emperor Frederick, Boy and Willow are plunged into a world of gilded finery and splendour. Packed with mystery and intrigue, the truth about Boy's identity and other secrets are revealed as the 'Book of Dead Days' is opened for the final time. Originally published: London: Orion Children's, 2004
19) A winter's tale
Author
Publisher
Templar
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
It's winter, but it's warm and there's no sign of snow. One young boy wishes for it to snow like it does in his snow globe. This journey through the winter landscape of a boy's dream is a truly delightful Christmas tale.
Author
Publisher
Orion Children's
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Years in from 'My Swordhand Is Singing', Peter is still on the trail of the Shadow Queen. His search leads him to Venice, a city whose beauty disguises many ugly secrets. Marko & Sorrel meet there for the first time, drawn together by the mystery of what has happened both to Sorrel's father & Marko's father.