When Ned is sent to stay with his relatives in Thunder's Pocket, he's not very pleased. But from the moment a bird flies into the train compartment on his journey there, Ned realizes this will not be an...
Discuss ThisA thrilling sequel to In Thunders Pocket.There is eerie trouble once again in St Boan where the replacement of hundred-year-old water pipes disturbs the ghosts of twins Matthew and Ben Pernel, killed in...
Discuss ThisIn this third St. Boan mystery, Ned is summoned once again by his Aunt Lal to help the famous but cantankerous poet, Sir Thomas Menhenitt. “Writing poetry is a dangerous occupation,” says old...
Discuss ThisAfter braving a treacherous journey, Sylvia joins her cousin Bonnie at Willoughby Chase where they narrowly avoid a gory lupine death. But with Bonnie’s parents overseas, and the evil governess,...
Having freed the children enslaved in the northern mines, Is Twite and her cousin Arun return to Folkestone to find Arun's mother. But she has disappeared without a trace. There's plenty of evidence of...
Discuss ThisAnimal tales are among the most popular of Joan Aiken’s short stories and in this stunning collection, the ambience of ghostly backgrounds gives an added richness of content to their elusive magic....
Discuss ThisThe incomparable Joan Aiken has created a beautiful fairy tale for older picture book readersThis is the story of lame Window and her sailor brother, Handle, who live in a small house in a wooded hollow....
Discuss ThisDido and Simon are in danger in this new addition to the Wolves Chronicles. Dido, back in England from America, is almost instantly kidnapped and taken to a derelict mansion surrounded by a deadly moat....
Discuss ThisHere are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook...
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