Synopsis: On the island of Tarnagar is an asylum where you can be locked up for dreaming. Dante is the kitchen boy who brings the inmates their meals. Bea is the privileged daughter of doctors. When a dangerous new patient, Ezekiel Semiramis, arrives on the island their worlds collide. What does he know about Dante's mother and the ruined city that Bea dreams of? Dante and Bea set o ...

Synopsis: Set in the future, Humans have evolved and gone gene crazy, leaving Pelly D with the concern of how she was going to match the colour of her gene tag with the latest swimwear. What she doesn’t know is that a young building worker, Toni V, is transfixed by her every move. An impacting page turner that will leave you gasping for H2O

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Synopsis: Snapshot is a story about Victor Gott who photographs a jewel robbery and, unintentionally a terrorist, with the digital camera given to him by his uncle for his birthday. As he is trying to lose, what he thinks is a jewel thief who saw Victor photograph him, the local bullies waylay him and take the camera. One of them is shot dead. Victor, who has previously had the ...

Synopsis: Wintersmith is the third in Terry Pratchett's "Tiffany Aching/Discworld for children" series (following on from The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky). Witch-in-training, Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made one little mistake . . . And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs, and says it with a ...

Synopsis: Luke's father is dead and he feels his mother is moving on too quickly. Since his father's death, Luke has changed his priorities, and has fallen into bad company. His new friends persuade him to break into a house when its owner, an unfriendly and unlovable old woman, is out. Once inside he is confronted with the sound of a girl crying, and through a locked keyhole se ...

Synopsis:Prince Florin and his father King Philip attend a banquet given by their former enemy, hoping for peace at last in war torn Europe. What greets them there is a devastating betrayal. The King is humiliated and imprisoned, but Florin’s fate is far stranger. Forced to live in a stable at the mercy of Mimus the wily court jester, Florin is close to despair until he uncovers c ...

Summary: A book links the four stories in this collection. In each, the central character is in some way influenced or affected by the book. In his ‘Note from the Author’ Keith Gray reveals to his readers some of the thoughts he had as a young reader, in particular about how he made his selection from the books on the library shelves. His choice was not influenced by the blu ...

Synopsis: Torak has survived the summer and his heart-stopping adventure in the Seal Islands. He and Wolf are together again. But their reunion is all too short-lived. As mid winter approaches Torak learns the worst from the White Fox clan - Wolf has been snatched. In a desperate bid to rescue him Torak and Renn must brave the frozen wilderness of the Far North. They tread a deadly dang ...

Synopsis: Thousands of years ago an orphan boy and his wolf cub companion challenge a demon bear that threatens to destroy their world forever. With the help of the World Spirit, Torak destroys the bear, but his beloved Wolf is lost in the ensuing avalanche. And Torak's quest is far from over. A strange, creeping sickness, silent and deadly, is threatening the Ravens. Word arrives t ...

2006-09-29 Synopsis: When Jack and his mother move to a new home, after the death of his father, Jack immediately senses that there is another life beyond that is haunting their new home. The isolated farmhouse they move to, is also home to the Ghost Mother, who imprisons ghost children so that she can remain in this world and refuses to let go onto the next. Ridden by guilt, Jack gets t ...