Posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Tags: Forthcoming Titles, Nick Green, The Cat Kin
Paperback
ISBN:978-1-905537-16-7
£6.99
May 2010
“ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN’S NOVELS THAT I’VE SEEN IN YEARS - GRIPPING, ACTION-PACKED AND STUNNINGLY ORIGINAL.” Lee Weatherly, author of ‘Kat Got Your Tongue’.
“… IT’S GREAT… IF YOU HAVE A READER OF THE RIGHT AGE, 8 AND UPWARDS AT HOME, DO GET A COPY …” The Bookwitch.
Everyone who came to the strange gym class was looking for something else. What they found was the mysterious Mrs. Powell and Pashki, a lost art from an age when cats were worshipped as gods.
Ben and Tiffany wonder: who is their eccentric old teacher? What does she really want with them? And why are they suddenly able to see in the dark?Meanwhile, in London’s gloomy streets, human vermin are stirring.
Ben and Tiffany may soon be glad of their new gifts. But against men whose cunning is matched only by their unspeakable cruelty, will even nine lives be enough?
Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 | Tags: Catherine MacPhail, Granny Nothing
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-905537-09-9
£5.99
The McAllister kids have all the usual things that makes life miserable: annoying neighbours with an aggressive dog; a school bully; and a scary nanny. But when the rhino-shaped Granny Nothing arrives one stormy night they know that nothing will ever be the same.
Posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 | Tags: Emma Barnes, Forthcoming Titles, Jessica Haggerthwaite, Jessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-905537-10-5
£5.99
June 30th 2009
“PERFECT - TERRIFIC” TES
“A GREAT NEW READ FROM A BRIGHT NEW TALENT” THE GUARDIAN
When Jessica’s mother announces she is setting herself up as a professional witch, it’s the last in a long line of embarrassments. What will people say? And more importantly, how will Jessica be taken seriously as a potentially Nobel Prize-winning scientist?To stop her wrecking Jessica’s plans - and breaking up the family - Jessica decides to show her mother that there’s no room for superstition in the modern world.
Posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 | Tags: Forthcoming Titles, John Ward, The Comet's Child
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-905537-12-9
£7.99
August 11th 2009
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“…WHAT A PLEASURE TO READ SUCH A WELL-CRAFTED STORY…IN THE CLASSIC TRADITION OF PHILIP PULLMAN” The Bookbag
‘The comet’s child will herald the new age…’
For as long as anyone can remember there have been rumours about the return of a chosen one. When Fin discovers the prophecies point to him he is scared at first. He resolves to learn the truth about his origins and uncover the secrets surrounding his birth; only then can he embrace his true destiny. The journey ahead is exciting and full of danger, but others must stop him before he learns the truth..
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Posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 | Tags: Bree McReady, Bree McReady and the Half-Heart Locket, Forthcoming Titles, Hazel Allan
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-905537-11-2
£6.99
August 11th 2009
“THIS ENCHANTING AND MAGICAL ADVENTURE STORY IS A REAL PAGE TURNER FROM START TO FINISH.”The Bookbag
Life is not much fun for Bree. School is a drag, and nothing happens at home on the Rockwell housing estate. Until she finds two halves of an old locket, which together spell out a set of cryptic instructions. With her best friend Sandy and new kid Honey Pizazz, Bree follows the trail to the hiding place of a dangerous magical book. But the evil Thalofedril is close behind, and determined to seize it from them. The race is on to keep the book out of his hands and Bree must find the courage to face him – and confront her own difficult past.
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Posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 | Tags: 9-12, D A Nelson, DarkIsle, Forthcoming Titles
THE EAGERLY AWAITED SEQUEL TO THE AWARD-WINNING DARKISLE.
‘Enchanting’ The Sunday Times for DarkIsle
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1 -905537-18-1
£6.99
July 2010
Having escaped the clutches of the warlock’s daughter, Morag is adjusting to life in the secret realm of Marnoch Mor. But when head wizard Montgomery goes missing she knows that her enemies are still close at hand. With the help of her companions – the dragon, dodo and rat – Morag faces a return to the forbidding invisible island that almost claimed her life once before. Only she can save their world – and ours.
DarkIsle, D.A.Nelson’s bestselling first novel, was published by Strident in 2007.
Rights to it and the forthcoming sequel have been sold to Random House in the US and Canada, and it is being translated into Japanese, Italian, Spanish, German and Korean. Film rights are currently under negotiation in the US. It won the 2008 Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Award for Best Children’s Book for 8-11 year olds.
It was described by Amanda Craig in The Times as an “enchanting debut”.
The Scotsman called it: “… refreshingly humorous… this fantasy will appeal to boys and girls alike.”
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