Ann Halam

Snakehead

Besökaren

Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are part of a group of 50 British Young Conservationists on their way to a wildlife conservation station deep in the rain forests of Ecuador. After a terrifying mid-air disaster and subsequent crash, these three are the sole survivors, stranded together on a deserted tropical island. Or so they think. Semi, Miranda, and Arnie stumble into the hands of Dr. Franklin, a mad scientist who’s been waiting for them, eager to use them as specimens for his experiments in genetic engineering.

Dr. Franklin's Island

When Sloe was tiny, her Papa disappeared and she and her mama went to live in a prison camp in the snowy north, in a time and place when there are no more wild animals. Mama’s crime: teaching science, and her dedication to the hope that the lost animal species can be reborn. To Sloe, Mama’s secret work is magic, as enchanting as Mama’s tales of a bright city across the ice where they will be free. Years later, Sloe is sent to a prison school, and Mama disappears. At 13, Sloe escapes, pursued by a mysterious man. With only hope to keep her going, Sloe sets out on a solitary 1000-mile journey. But she is not truly alone for Mama left Sloe a gift: the seeds of five missing species and the knowledge to bring them to life.

A Novel

Siberia

L'uomo nero

Ben has found an ancient dinosaur fossil and is determined to excavate it, but his sister Rowan sees it only as a source of money and involves them both in the secret and dangerous fossil-trading business. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Dinosaur Junction

He was cold and shaking all over. He closed his hands into his fists so his fingernails were digging into his palms, but he couldnt stop the shaking...People say Joes new house is haunted. Every night, he looks for the shadow on the attic stairs. Sometimes he thinks he can see it, sometimes he knows he cant. He tells himself that he isnt scared and wishes he could get the idea that it is evil out of his mind. But he never suspects that something much worse than seeing a strange shadow is

The Shadow on the Stairs

Mysterious things begin to happen to Jessica Raven when she meets a group of ragged children. Who are they? And who is Jean-Luc? Could they hold the key to the cure to her brothers fatal illness?

The Haunting of Jessica Raven

Gwyneth Jones

A gripping retelling of the myth of Perseus by award-winning author Gwyneth Jones, writing as Ann Halam. Perseus, the God-Touched son of Zeus, lives in luxury on the island of Serifos. But trouble is brewing in the world - Gods and mortals are bringing discord closer to his home shores. When a beautiful stranger, a fugitive from another disaster zone, arrives on the island, Perseus is smitten. But Andromeda isn't all she seems. She must die to save her people, and a stunning, world-changing discovery will die with her, unless Perseus abandons everything to confront the Medusa quest.

While on holiday in France Jessica is caught up in a mysterious game. She meets a strange band of ragged children and a young man Jean-Luc who was involved in the French Resistance, all looking for a lost treasure. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Gwenllian Dafydd

Un o lyfrau'r gyfres Ar Bigau ar gyfer arddegwyr a darllenwyr anfoddog. Mae rhywbeth yn od yn y cerflun - nid y llygaid coch, gwaedlyd na'r rhwymyn dros geg y wraig, ond y llais. Addasiad o Finders Keepers. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Sy'n Cael, Sy'n Cadw

Cyfres Ar Bigau

The Skybreaker

Doom falls. Doom. Doom. Dreadful doom upon this house Doom and destruction. Theres something spooky about the little statue Val found with her dad. Its not the blood red eyes, or the bandage round the womans mouth. Its the voice Val hears in her head, telling her secret things about the future. And the statue is always right. But can a spooky statue tell Val how to get her family out of really bad money trouble? Or will this strange magic make things worse? First PageVals dad was a t

Finders Keepers

SIBERIA is a state of mind. When Sloe was tiny, her Papa disappeared and she and her mama went to live in a prison camp in the snowy North, in a time and place when there are no more wild animals. Mama's crime; teaching science, and her dedication to the hope that the lost animal species can be reborn. To Sloe, Mama's secret work is magic, as enchanting as Mama's tales of a bright city across the ice where the sun always shines and one day they will be free. Years later Sloe is sent to prison school and Mama disappears. But her Mama has bequeathed Sloe six tiny animals - like creatures from a fairy tale. These tiny, magical creatures hold the secret to life itself. At 13, and with only the Lindquists for company, Sloe sets off on an epic 1000 mile journey embracing breathtaking adventure, danger and hardships in her quest to be reunited with her mother. In a moving and totally absorbing novel, Sloe evolves into a heroine equal to anything amidst this dazzling combination of science, adventure, fantasy and fairy tale.

Ally, Ally, Aster

A gripping, deeply moving adventure raises startling questions about what it means to be human. Taylor Walker seems like any ordinary 14-year-old. Ordinary—if you overlook the fact that she lives on the island of Borneo, on a primate reserve run by her parents, and knows how to survive in the jungle. Obviously, Tay isn’t just like everyone else. But she is like one other person. She’s exactly like one other person. Tay is a clone, one of only five in the world, and her clone mother is Pam Taylor, a brilliant scientist. When rebels attack the reserve, Tay escapes with her younger brother and Uncle, an exceptionally intelligent orangutan. As they flee through the jungle, Tay must look within to find her strength: Pam’s DNA, tempered by Taylor’s extraordinary life. And she looks to Uncle for guidance—for Tay knows that the uncanny bond between Uncle and herself is the key to their survival.

Taylor Five

Endowed with mystical powers, young Zanne takes a journey in search of the mysterious "daymaker" in order to become a full-fledged covenor.

The Daymaker

What lies beyond the grave for Martin, the 15-year-old killed joyriding, and for Diesel, the girl who has befriended him and his brother? This is a horror story that shows Ann Halam at her spine-chilling, challenging best.

Don't Open Your Eyes

Life on Perseus's island of Serifos hangs in a precarious state of balance - the legacy of war - but his own routines are relaxed and calm. However, a beautiful stranger arrives and shatters the peace for everyone. Perseus is smitten, but others are suspicious, for Andromeda has a unique and potentially powerful gift. But she also has a harsh destiny to fulfil. She must die to save her people, and a stunning, word-changing discovery will die with her - unless Perseus abandons all his beliefs to confront the horror of the Medusa quest. In a mesmerising novel which combines Ann Halam's own skilful blend of magic realism with the rich otherwordly power of a favourite Greek myth, this is a story of hope and survival, and the sheer determination of two young people against all the odds.

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