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Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2017. 'A Skinful of Shadows confirms Hardinge's status as one of our finest storytellers. It's rare to find a book which is every bit as intelligent and stylish as it is riveting - I was enthralled' - Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent. Frances...

There are three types of people in the world. Those with white wings. Those with black wings. And those with none. Every 350 years, a fourth is born called the Lumen Caligo. One side of his wings there is white. On the other side, there is black.

"The Battle of New Orleans: The Story of Three Cajun Teenagers" is a captivating historical fiction that brings the War of 1812 to life through the eyes of young Cajun heroes. Set against the backdrop of the Louisiana bayou, this tale follows Jacques, Marie, and Henri as they embark on a journey from mischievous teens to unlikely war heroes.

Jiddy Vardy is a survivor. Rescued at birth, she grows up in Robin Hood's Bay, a community which harbours a dangerous secret that could get you killed. Always the outsider, with her dark skin and hair, at sixteen Jiddy is clever, brave and headstrong, soon risking her life and freedom to play her part in the Bay's clandestine activities. Then, just as romance blossoms and Jiddy finally feels like she belongs, figures from the past threaten to tear her world apart, and she has to decide where her loyalties truly lie.

SUNDAY MONEY follows Claire as she navigates her way through 1970s Brooklyn, hustling on and off the court, and striving to break free of the turmoil in her home and the rulebook "good" girls are supposed to follow.

September 20, 1663, gulls circle and dive overhead as the sails unfurl propelling the ship carrying twelve-year-old Etienne Gayneau and ten-year-old Abraham Dayton toward Boston and new business opportunities that promise them everything they want. Unknown to them, these ventures also carry the power to destroy. Each boy must choose - take the easy road of promise that leads to destruction, or follow the harder path to self-discovery. Both choices will cost them everything.

Deaths and disappearances pile up as a mysterious beast stalks the French countryside and two girls seize an unlikely opportunity that just might save them all—or serve them up on a platter. Step into this chilling, historical horror inspired by the unsolved mystery of the Beast of Gévaudan...

"The hour has come to speak of troubled time. It is time we spoke of Skullyville." Thus begins Rose Goode's story of her growing up in Indian Territory in pre-statehood Oklahoma. Skullyville, a once-thriving Choctaw community, was destroyed by land-grabbers, culminating in the arson on New Year's Eve, 1896, of New Hope Academy for Girls. Twenty Choctaw girls dies, but Rose escaped. She is blessed by the presence of her grandmother Pokoni and her grandfather Amafo, both respected elders who understand the old ways.

Set against the backdrop of gathering war, A Song for Summer is an unforgettable love story from master storyteller Eva Ibbotson and read by actress Emilia Fox. When Ellen Carr abandons grey, dreary London to become housekeeper at an experimental school in Austria, she soon knows she's found her...

Pour échapper à un père toujours plus violent, Huckleberry Finn décide de disparaître. Se faisant passer pour mort, le jeune garçon croise la route du vieux Jim, un esclave évadé. Ensemble, les fugitifs vont descendre le Mississipi en radeau, affronter les bandits et un duo de...

Trick rider in a traveling circus, seventeen-year-old Vandemere (Vandy) Petruska is caught between two worlds. As Vandy Davidson, he lives the legacy of the father who abandoned him, performing on his beloved horses in the circus ring. But he’s also his Romanian mother’s son. As Vandy Petruska, he seeks to deny the tarot magie his mother has gifted to him. But as the magie’s power over him grows stronger, he becomes aware that the bad luck in his life isn’t an accident.

Fly By Night, read by actress Lesley Sharp, is a breathtaking adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century England, and is the stunning debut novel from Frances Hardinge, author of the Costa Award winning The Lie Tree. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of...

In this action-packed sequel to Spice Road, an Arabian folklore-inspired desert fantasy series, a warrior must save her home from a deadly invasion. Imani is a magic-wielding warrior sworn to protect her land from the monsters that roam the desert. But an even worse enemy now threatens the Sahir...

A compellingly beautiful tale of magic, intrigue and deception, set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century Paris on the cusp of revolution. Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries – and magicians . . . When seventeen-year-old Camille...

Winner of the Branford Boase award, Fly By Night is the stunning YA fantasy novel from Frances Hardinge, author of the Costa Award winning The Lie Tree. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of civil war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old orphan called Mosca Mye and her...

A USA Today bestseller! The first book in a thrilling mystery duology that follows Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy from the acclaimed Jane Austen Murder Mystery series! It is a truth universally acknowledged that London’s first female solicitor in possession of the details of a deadly crime must...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The author of the American Royals series invites you to visit 19th-century Europe amid the glamour and intrigue of the Victorian era. In this historical romance inspired by true events, three princesses struggle to find love—and end up vying for the hearts of two future...

Nuria es una joven estudiante mexicana de informática y ha recibido un inquietante correo electrónico. El profesor griego Dimitri Constantinopoulos le propone que intente descifrar el mensaje escrito en el disco de Festos, en la remota isla de Creta. Le envía el pasaje aéreo y una laptop. La...

El mundo de las leyendas artúricas - que distintas versiones y adaptaciones, sobre todo cinematográficas, han estirado hasta la Alta Edad Media -, tuvo su lugar en la historia tras el abandono de las Islas Británicas por el Imperio Romano, allá por el siglo V ó VI D.C; y habría sido puesto...

Soviet tanks thunder into the city, changing everything. Josie receives a cryptic message from a shrouded stranger on a mist-covered bridge, and soon she and Laurent are propelled onto a collision course with nefarious villains and unstoppable forces, as they rush to uncover a shadowy conspiracy before the city falls.