Gareth P. Jones

A delightfully twisted tale about murderous sibling rivalry, dodgy dealings, killer bees and an overdue library book.

The Thornthwaite Inheritance

Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of secrets and mysteries. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death.

Death Or Ice Cream?

Teenaged Eddie meets a new girl who is a Senior Echo Time Agent from the future, come to his town to investigate the origin of time travel. Soon Eddie is swept up in the investigation and in time. But time travel is a dangerous business, and Eddie will learn more than he wants to know about his long-dead mother.

No true Echo

The Thornthwaite Betrayal

Tvillingene Lorelli og Ovid er ikke som 13-åringer flest. De er foreldreløse og enearvinger til et kjempestort, mørkt slott med merkelige tjenere. De går ikke på skolen og tilbringer dagene på slottet. Men det som virkelig gjør dem annerledes er deres stadige forsøk på å drepe hverandre. Det å prøve å ta livet av hverandre har rett og slett blitt en vane, noe som tvillingene gjør like selvfølgelig som andre søsken leker med hverandre. Barna bestemmer seg etter hvert for å slutte å drepe hverandre, men drapsforsøkene fortsetter likevel. Dette er en humoristisk, spennende og vridd fortelling om lureri og trusler, med ingredienser som drapsbier, ville bjørner, en vannvittig sykkel, og en grøssende hemmelighet. Fortelling for mellom-/ungdomstrinnet.

Arvingene

A darkly comic Dickensian ghost story from Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones: it's not the dead you'll need to worry about! Sam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift. While his father buries the dead, Sam is haunted by their constant demands for attention. Trouble is afoot on the 'other side' - there is a horrible disease that is mysteriously imprisoning ghosts into empty houses in the world of the living. And Sam is caught in the middle - will he be able to bring himself to help? Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones has woven a darkly comic story, a wonderfully funny adventure that roams the grimy streets of Victorian London.

Constable & Toop

London, 1891. When orphans Esther and Tom are caught stealing by Lord Ringmore, little do they realise the peril they are in. Rather than hand them over to the police, the lord employs the children. But what does he really want with them? Blackwood is a man obsessed. He has devoted his life to unearthing the roots of magic. Tormented by the thought of death he knows that only real magic can overcome mortality. He has in his possession a book that contains the secret of true magic, but he cannot unlock its meaning alone. Only Tom and Esther can help him unravel its terrible and dangerous secrets. London, 2013, and a young girl called Amy is about to turn thirteen. She is never happier than in a graveyard where, one day, she notices a gravestone named only 'Esther' with a magpie perched above it who speaks to her. He is called Tom! A spine-chilling tale of magic and illusion, and an induction into the world of sorcery both fair and shady so beware!

The society of thirteen

Fjorten år gamle Mariel returnerer til England for å delta i bestemorens begravelse. Det er første gang hun er tilbake siden hun emigrerte sammen med moren da hun bare var en baby, og det blir begynnelsen på å avdekke noen virkelig ekstraordinære sannheter om familien. Inntil nylig var hun ikke klar over at hun hadde noen slektninger, og langt fra en hel flokk med søskenbarn. Det er kanskje en god grunn til det. For Mariels familie er merkelig, faktisk mer enn merkelig. Mariel tilbringer en natt hos hver slektning. På den måten får hun stadig nye hint av gåten, og flere og flere familiehemmeligheter blir avslørt. Grøss for mellomtrinnet-/ungdomstrinnet.

Familieforbannelsen

Etter flere år med forsøk på å ta livet av hverandre har tvillingene Lorelli og Ovid Thorntwaite hatt våpenhvile i lengre tid. De har begynt på skolen etter at herregården deres ble ødelagt i brann. Der har de fått venner og forsøker å leve et så normalt liv som mulig, uten iskrembomber og farlige feller. Så dukker den ukjente onkel Harry opp, som sier han vil ta vare på dem. Men ikke lenge etter begynner nye mysiske ulykker å skje i det staselige huset, og det er uvisst om det er tvillingene som har gjenopptatt sine gamle triks eller om det er noen andre som står bak de nye mordforsøkene. Dette er en humoristisk, spennende og vridd fortelling om lureri og trusler og en grøssende hemmelighet. Fortelling for mellom-/ungdomstrinnet. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.

Arvingene og den tvilsomme onkelen

Dědictví rodu Trnhoffů

Kletba rodu Bardulfů

En drastisk, skruvad och roligt elak berättelse med lika delar beräknande kyla och engelsk artighet. Ett måste för alla som gillar Spiderwick, syskonen Baudelaire och familjen Addams!Tvillingarna Thornthwaite är inte som andra 13-åringar. Till att börja med är de enda arvtagarna till en enorm förmögenhet och bor i ett jättestort, mörkt slott med märkliga tjänare. Dessutom behöver de inte gå i skolan utan tillbringar dagarna hemma. Men det som verkligen gör dem annorlunda är deras ständiga försök att ha ihjäl varandra. Att försöka ta livet av varandra har helt enkelt blivit en vana, något som tvillingarna gör lika självklart som andra syskon leker med varandra. Det är bara det att det är mycket jobbigare att försöka döda sin tvilling ... och olagligt är det också!Så vill du läsa en trevlig och snäll berättelse är det här helt fel bok! Översättare: Carla Wiberg, Omslagsformgivare: Fredrika Siwe

Tvillingarna Thornthwaites testamente

A hair-raising family adventure that will have you howling with enjoyment!

The Considine Curse

Wanted: Dead or Alive! (Or smashed into little bits and delivered in boxes.) The Steampunk Pirates get a taste of their own medicine when their ship is raided by a sea monster that’s greedy for gold. But when the rusty robots race to get their treasure back, they sail straight into a trap… Can they dodge the creature's twisting tentacles or will they be next on the monster’s menu? This hilarious series from Gareth P. Jones, author of Ninja Meerkats, is sure to delight young readers with its madcap humour and larger-than-life robot pirate crew. Perfect for fans of Jonny Duddle’s The Ghostly Galleon and the Space Pirates books who looking for more swashbuckling action!

Rise of the Slippery Sea Monster

Eva has signed up for loads of after school activities. She wants to be brilliant at all of them, but the pressure of keeping on top of practising, training and reading for everything is a huge challenge. If only she could time travel, she'd easily be able to fit everything in ...The aromatock should be the answer to Eva's problems. One sniff and this invention transports her back in time so she can squeeze in extra rehearsals and training sessions. But the more she uses it, the more Eva finds herself in danger of meeting herself in all these other time frames. Will coming face to face with a devastating event from her childhood bring the whole experiment to a terrible end? Project Time is part of the Reading Planet range of books for Stars (Lime) to Supernova (Red+) band. Children aged 7-11 will be inspired to love reading through the gripping stories and fascinating information books created by top authors. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Reading age: 10-11 years

Reading Planet - Project Time - Level 7: Fiction (Saturn)

When a tiger goes missing from the Hong Kong Zoo, the Ninja Meerkats find a messy clue that puts them ont he trail of the Ringmaster and his Circus Goons.

Ninja Meerkats (#1): The Clan of the Scorpion

While competing for the title of Ultimate Dragon Warrior, the Ninja Meerkats work to thwart the Ringmaster's evil plan.

Ninja Meerkats (#7) The Ultimate Dragon Warrior

The Ninja Meerkats compete for the title of Ultimate Dragon Warrior on Dragon Island, while the Ringmaster has an evil plan.

The Ultimate Dragon Warrior

Eddie thinks nothing ever happens in his small, boring town. Every day is exactly the same, down to what the bus driver will say when he picks each kid up in the morning. But then, one day, someone new, and very pretty, walks onto the bus. At least, Eddie thinks she’s new, but there is something oddly familiar about Scarlett. Intrigued (and smitten), Eddie starts to follow Scarlett—and what he discovers is odder still. Scarlett is a Senior Echo Time Agent from the future, come to his town to investigate the origin of time travel, which, unbeknownst to Eddie, was invented right in his hometown, by someone he knew. Soon Eddie is swept up in the investigation and in time. But time travel is a dangerous business, and Eddie will learn more than he wants to know about his long-dead mother. This psychologically rich thriller redefines the time travel novel for a teen audience.

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