Featured Books

Book of the Moment

Illustrated Edition published
2 October 2008

Peter Pan in Scarlet

The White Darkness

Now in Paperback

Rusti is a Tartar, travelling and pillaging with the legendary Horde of Tamburlaine, Conqueror of the World. He dreams of honour and riches, and is proud to capture his first prisoners - an elephant and her keeper. Yet amidst the death and destruction, an unlikely friendship takes hold in this breathtaking tale.

"I was totally captivated... I felt I was there amongst the people, the bloodshed, the revenge and the secrets."

lovereading4kids.co.uk

"Compelling..... A breathtaking tale."

Carousel

"Dazzling ... the story surges on with never a dull or unconvincing moment.... Truly memorable, beautifully written and unreservedly recommended."

Books for Keeps

" The greatest compliment you can pay this book is that, even though it is a work of children's fiction, at no point do you feel you are reading anything other than an adult book."

Phil Kendall, NATE Classroom

Sunday Times Book of the Month

Shortlisted for the UKLA Children's Book Awards

"Beautifully written and utterly gripping...
Geraldine McCaughrean is a genius."

Philip Reeve

Tamburlaine's Elephants