Tamburlaine's Elephants
..."McCaughrean is a superb storyteller,
and her tale is irresistible".
Times Educational Supplement
The Kite Rider
Haoyou
sees his father killed 'testing the wind' for a ship about to set sail -
hauled aloft on a hatch- cover, just as if he were a kite. Horrific a place
as the
sky now seems, Haoyou is obsessed by its vastness, its dangers, its population
of spirits. Somehow, it has become his fate to fly on the wind like his father,
to man a kite. And when the circus of the Great Miao comes to town, it seems
it is Haoyou's fate to travel with them into the very presence of Khublai
Khan, Mogul conqueror, the unimagineable enemy of every Chinese patriot
Oxford University Press
Harper Collins (US)
The Stones Are Hatching
Phelim knows he is nothing out of the ordinary. His sister is always telling
him so. Why, then , is he suddenly beset by strangers calling him by the
wrong name and telling him he must attempt the impossible - that everything
depends on him? The countryside is overrun with monsters so old that the
world has forgotten their names. The washerwoman at the river predicts that
he will soon be dead. But the girl with no shadow, the leaping madman and
the 'Obby 'Oss will not let him give up. Phelim Green must keep his rendezvous
with the Stoor Worm whose warmth, in waking, is causing the very stones under
her to hatch.
Oxford University Press
Harper Collins (US)
..."Spell-binding from start
to finish...
hauntingly drawn"
Books for Keeps
Gold Dust
Inez
and her brother Maro are amazed to see a big hole being dug outside their father's
shop. Their amazement grows as other holes appear in the main street. Then
the rumours begin to spread: there is gold under the little town of Sierra
Vazia. But as gold-hunters descend on the town to try their luck, life in the
little town becomes increasingly unbearable. Inez and Maro, with the help of
their samba-singing school- teacher, set out to save their home from the terrible
symptoms of gold-fever.
Oxford University Press
..."One
of the warmest, funniest,most touching,and
above all surprising books you may ever read"
Touchdown, New Souch Wales
Guardian Education
‘The stories,
told from the perspective of a child whose situation elicits genuine
interest and concern, are full
of excitement and surprise.’
Times Educational Supplement
..."a superbly written
novel, both funny and illuminating"
School Librarian
Plundering Paradise
Nathan must leave school. Tamo White is leaving of his
own accord. He suggests that Nathan go with him - back to Madagascar where
Tamo's father ruled as a pirate king. But what will the island hold for
a British boy from a staunchly Christian background, and is it any place
to
take his sister, the mousy Maud?
Oxford University Press
Published as "The Pirate's Son"
in U.S Scholastic Press
...A compelling narrative
appealing young characters,
superbly vivid detail and and
exciting plot'
Grow Point
Casting the Gods Adrift
When Tutmose and
his family arrive in Pharaoh Akhenaten’s new city,
they are delighted to be taken under the ruler’s wing. But this pharaoh’s
strange ideas about religion will change life for them all….
A Little Lower Than Angels
Gabriel takes refuge from his master's cruelty with a band of travelling
mystery players. His name and appearance suggest to the play-master a hoax
miracle scam, which could make him rich. But miracles have to be handled
with care, and in a time of plague, miracle-workers face dangers, which are
just not worth the risk...
Oxford University Press
A Pack of Lies
When MCC Berkshire moves into the antiques shop, he turns
life upside down for Ailsa and her mother. He sleeps on the old bed in the
shop, and button-holes every potential customer with a special story, told
just for them. But just who is MCC? And why does he tell such awful lies?
Ailsa has never met anyone like this, but MCC cannot afford to become too
involved, because MCC has a story all of his own.
Oxford University Press
Scholastic Press (US)
..."Has the gift of making
remote times
and places unfold before the readers
very eyes... What a novelist"
Indepenent
Forever X
When the Shepherds' car breaks down on their way to their
summer holiday, the only place they can find to stay is Forever X, the
hotel where every day is Christmas Day. Mr and Mrs Shepherd would like
to give
the festivities a miss: four- year-old Mel wants to enter into them heart
and soul. Joy is not sure how she should react, but when she makes friends
with Holly, the resident elf, she can't help being drawn into the strange
Partridge household. Then the mysterious Mr Angel arrives, who has the
power to ruin everything and seems bent on using it. Can old F.C. and
the children
foil him keep the police at bay?
Oxford University Press
