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2) Deeplight
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Language
English
Description
On the jumbled streets of the Island of Lady's Crave live Hark and his best friend Jelt. They are scavengers: living off their wits, diving for relics of the gods, desperate for anything they can sell. But now there is something stirring beneath the waves, calling to someone brave enough to retrieve it. Something valuable. Something dangerous. Nothing is quite as it seems, and when the waves try to claim Jelt, Hark will do anything to save him. Even...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Language
English
Description
In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies. But the people of Caverna have faces as blank as untouched snow. Into this dark and distrustful world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying she must wear a mask.
4) Dogsbody
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
[New ed.] /
Language
English
Description
Sirius, immortal Lord of the Dog Star and infamous for his quick temper, can't believe it when he's falsely accused of murder and banished to Earth. There he is reborn as a puppy and learns that he has its life-span to recover the missing murder weapon.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
1945. They have survived the Blitz, but when Simon, Patricia, Evelyn, and Larry step through a magical library door, they walk into an enchanted kingdom of fresh adventure and danger. A bewitching wonderland of fairies, bears and tree gods, which is now under threat from the mysterious silver robots of the Unreads. The many stories of the Library are locked in eternal war, and the children's only hope is to find the mysterious Librarian. What they...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Morrigan may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her journey into Nevermoor and all its secrets has only just begun. And it's important to remember that not all magic is used for good.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The Old Ones, who wield the powers of good and evil, must search for the crystal sword. It is a daunting task which leads the chosen six from high summer in England to the dark hills of Wales and the haunting, magical, lost land between sea and shore.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Enter the thousand worlds of Amy Wilson in her captivating novel, 'Shadows of Winterspell', sparkling with frost and magic. Stella has been living behind the magic of the forest for most of her life. Lonely, she enrolls at the local school, and as she begins to make friends, she discovers that she is even more different than she thought. But as autumn turns to magical winter, Stella realises that uncovering her own family secret is the only way to...
Author
Series
The wild magic trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
On the night that Aunty dies the Raggedy Witches come for Mup's mam. Pale, cold, relentless, they will do anything to coax Mam back to Witches Borough. When they kidnap Mup's dad, Mup and her mam must leave the mundane world to rescue him. But Mam is strange on this side of the border - striding, powerful, and distant. Even if they can save Dad, Mup is not sure anything will ever be the same again.
Author
Series
The wild magic trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In the second book in 'The Wild Magic Trilogy', the queen and her raggedy witches have fled, but the kingdom is not yet healed. The castle is haunted by memories of its brutal past. The ghosts are angry, and one of them in particular possesses a magic which may be too much for even Mup and Mam to handle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas-time in the Stanton family house: presents, carol singing, good cheer. But for 11-year-old Will Stanton something sinister has begun, inching round his subconscious, shouting silent warnings he can't decipher. Then on Midwinter Day Will wakes up to a different world - silent, covered in snow and ancient forest, a world of another time. A world where evil lurks. Because Will is not the ordinary boy he always thought he was. He is the...
Author
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorising their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is in fact a good witch who shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the...
13) La Belle Sauvage
Author
Series
The book of dust volume 1
Publisher
David Fickling Books in association with Penguin
Language
English
Description
Philip Pullman returns to the world of 'His Dark Materials' with this novel, set ten years before 'Northern Lights' and featuring his much-loved character, Lyra Belacqua.
14) Twilight robbery
Author
Language
English
Description
Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are in trouble again. Escaping disaster by the skin of their teeth, they find refuge in Toll, the strange gateway town where visitors may neither enter nor leave without paying a price. By day, the city is well-mannered and orderly; by night, it's the haunt of rogues and villains.
15) The grey king
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
During a spell of convalescence in Wales, Will Stanton meets a strange boy called Bran. Bran helps Will to see that Will's quest is to find a golden harp and confront the most dangerous power of the dark, the Grey King.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When 11 year-old Malky and his younger brother, Seb, become the owners of a 'Dreaminator', they are thrust into worlds beyond their wildest imagination. From tree-top flights and Spanish galleons to thrilling battles and sporting greatness - it seems like nothing is out of reach when you can share a dream with someone else. However, impossible dreams come with incredible risks, and when Seb won't wake up and is taken to hospital in a coma, Malky is...
Author
Series
Orphans of the Tide volume 1
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The City - mankind's last refuge in a drowned world, where Whale Lords reign and the Inquisition keeps the peace. The Enemy - a dark power, ever seeking to take possession of a human body and cause untold chaos. The Inventor - a girl living in the heart of the City in a ramshackle workshop overflowing with curiosities. When a whale washes up on the City roofs and a mysterious boy emerges from its belly, the superstitious citizens assume the Enemy...
18) The good hawk
Author
Series
Shadow Skye volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Agatha patrols the sea wall with pride, despite those in her clan who question her right to be there, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime is a reluctant Angler, full of self-doubt and afraid of the sea. When disaster strikes, the pair must embark on a terrifying journey to a land where forgotten magic and dark secrets lurk in every shadow.
19) Fly by night
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
In a cut-throat world of highwaymen, spies and smugglers, and insane rulers in silly wigs, runaway Mosca Mye and her goose companion have uncovered a dark plot winging its way towards the city. Soon mischief and mayhem will lead to murder.
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