Ian Beck
Author
Publisher
Corgi Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
On a bitterly cold winter's night in 1900, a young boy disappears without trace from the forest near his village. The man he was with claims he was snatched by angels. Forty years later, Corporal Jack Carmody is sent to investigate reports of mysterious lights above the village. The locals suspect German bombers overhead, but Carmody knows there's something far more intriguing going on. And when a terrified boy appears in the graveyard, convinced...
Author
Series
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Everything on the Island of Ashes is grey, from the weather to the castle, the grass, and the flowers. But then the red boat arrives, and with it a young man who believes he is cursed - everything he touches turns to colour. Princess Opal and the people of the island are enchanted, but the King is suspicious and imprisons Wendell. Opal must find a way to escape to a life filled with love and colour.