The Weird Worlds of Willoughby Wren
Title | The Weird Worlds of Willoughby Wren PDF eBook |
Author | Gray Mellon |
Publisher | Grosvenor House Publishing |
Pages | 149 |
Release | 2011-07-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1908447672 |
What do you do when everything you thought you knew about the world is suddenly turned completely upside down? That's the terrifying place in which Willoughby Wren finds himself after he deliberately breaks one of his parents' most important superstitions by stepping on the cracks in the pavement. Immediately, he is flung into a world where goldfish can talk, where things from the past suddenly start appearing in the present via a break in the space-time continuum, where psychotic pigeons are seeking world domination, and where Willoughby is the only person on the entire planet who can stop them.
The Weather Weaver
Title | The Weather Weaver PDF eBook |
Author | Tamsin Mori |
Publisher | UCLan Publishing |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2021-03-04 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1912979667 |
11-year-old Stella has returned home to Shetland to spend the summer with her Grandpa, but it's nothing like she remembers. Grandpa is lost in his grief for Gran, the island is bleak and Stella feels trapped, until she encounters an old woman, Tamar, who can spin rainbows and call hurricanes. With the help of Nimbus, a feisty young storm cloud, Stella begins to learn the craft of weather weaving. But when her cloud brain-fogs Grandpa and The Haken (a sea witch) starts to close in, she realises that magic comes with big responsibilities. It will take all her heart and courage to face the coming storm...
Westward Ho!
Title | Westward Ho! PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Kingsley |
Publisher | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN |
Kingsley's historical romance of the Spanish Main, first published in 1855. From the coral reefs of the Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit of Elizabethan adventurers who sailed with Sir Francis Drake. Contains a table of contents and listing of illustrations.
The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900
Title | The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1126 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | English poetry |
ISBN |
Fledgling
Title | Fledgling PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy Hope |
Publisher | Nosy Crow |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2021-11-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1839941898 |
A dark, gothic adventure set deep in a Bavarian forest, with angels and owls and magic and a boy who isn't all that he seems to be... A cherub is blown into Cassie Engel's bedroom during a thunderstorm, triggering a series of terrifying events. Cassie must discover if its arrival was an accident or part of something more sinister. With a self-obsessed opera singer for a mother, a strange taxidermist father, and a best friend who isn't quite what he seems, Cassie is forced to unearth the secrets of her family's past. As the dark forces gather around them, can Cassie protect all that she holds dear? The fantastic debut novel from Lucy Hope, with cover illustration by Anna Shepeta.
The Queen's Fool
Title | The Queen's Fool PDF eBook |
Author | Ally Sherrick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2020-06-04 |
Genre | Conspiracies |
ISBN | 9781912626151 |
A fantastic Tudor adventure from Historical Association Young Quills Award-winning author Ally Sherrick. Cat Sparrow is on the road. She's following her sister, who was torn from their convent home and sent to London. But Cat isn't like other people - she thinks differently - and for a girl like her the world holds many perils ...
Zombierella
Title | Zombierella PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Coelho |
Publisher | Fairy Tales Gone Bad |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Cinderella (Tale) |
ISBN | 9781406389661 |
The first in a funny, deliciously dark, three-part series of twisted classics, written in verse by award-winning poet Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Freya Hartas. A yellow moon hangs in a satin sky the night Cinderella, barefoot and in hand-me-downs, slips at the top of the stairs ... and dies. But not for long. The Shadow of Death arrives to breathe life back into her bones and, for three nights only, Cinderella goes forth as ZOMBIERELLA. With her skin as cold as ice and her faithful horse Lumpkin back by her side, can she seek revenge on her three cruel, fake sisters, once and for all? Crawl out of the grave and step into your mushroom carriage for this haunting and humorous adventure of the undead girl searching for her happily ever after.