The wolf was enormous. Its jaws were open wide, its eyes glared fire. When Sam's aunt rescues a lost dog, Sam knows that something incredible is going to happen. Jenny the Jack Russell may be a stray, but she is no ordinary dog. Jenny is more special than Sam could ever imagine. This book presents a mystical adventure for children 9 years upwards.
'She is the best of the modern chroniclers of these mediaeval wars . . . beautifully written, politically astute and full of insight into the moments when great history meets fragile human hearts.' The Times Margaret Beaufort and Margaret of Anjou - two women who have fought to the bitter end to see their sons take the English throne. But with her son Edward killed in battle, and imprisoned herself, what next for Margaret of Anjou? And will Margaret Beaufort live to see Richard III deposed, and her son Henry Tudor finally ascend the throne? In this powerful and dramatic conclusion to Livi Michael's Wars of the Roses trilogy, the stakes are higher than ever, the sides are ever-changing, and all will be decided at the Battle of Bosworth . . .
In true Victorian fashion, award-winning author Michael pens a gripping, epic novel about a sister and brother whose mother leaves them at a workhouse in Manchester, England. For Joe and Annie, the choice is escape or die.
Margaret Beaufort and Margaret of Anjou are two women who will stop at nothing to place their sons on the English throne. With rebellions tearing the country apart, how far will each woman go to further the interests of her son? And who will stand in their way?
The hamsters of Bright Street are in trouble. Big trouble. Someone has stolen Mabel, George and Elsie - and Frank is the only hamster left. Who on earth could want to steal hamsters? And why on earth haven't they stolen Frank? Fortunately, Frank's motto is Courage! and his owner, Guy, is not the brightest tool in the box, so Frank escapes to go in search of his missing friends.They've been caught by vicious Vince, a man who dreams of a hamster-skin coat. Frank's courage is much in evidence as he leads them to safety!FRANK'S QUEST is the very funny, very charming follow-up to FRANK AND THE BLACK HAMSTER OF NARKIZ. Frank's unsentimental rodent's-eye view of the world (and its human inhabitants) is hugely appealing.
'Clever...the narrative has the colour and power of the best of the chronicles she uses.' - Sunday Times Margaret of Anjou is young, beautiful, French and wildly unpopular when she marries England's ill-fated Henry VI. After the English are banished from France, civil war erupts. Margaret becomes a warrior queen, fighting for her husband's right to be king and her son's position as his rightful heir. Meanwhile, heiress Margaret Beaufort is born into a troubled inheritance. Fiercely sought after by courtiers, by the age of thirteen she has married twice and given birth to her only son, who will be the future king of England. But then he is taken from her. . .
Most hamsters are gentle, timid creatures, easily tamed and happy to be left alone. But some hamsters are different and Frank is one of them. Frank is a hamster with a mission and a motto. His motto is "Courage!" and this is a story about a time when Frank needed to use his motto.
This hilarious retelling of a traditional Hans Christian Anderson tale tells of mistaken identities as a kind, humble princess swaps places with her grumpy, unpleasant maid, with some very funny consequences! Who'll end up marrying the prince, and who will end up the goose girl, and how will the magic horse help?
At the International Conference Centre in Geneva, Hannah Rossier, formerly Annie Price, comes face to face with Neville Weir, someone from her childhood whom she never expected, or wanted, to meet again. As Neville's reasons for attending the conference become clear, the dark waters of Hannah's past start to rise. Hannah is a psychotherapist, with a specialist interest in memory and how connections are made between past and present. She has reinvented herself successfully, moving from a small northern town in England to Lucerne, Switzerland, with her husband, Thibaut.Nobody, not even Hannah, knows the full truth about herself. Her 'memories' consist of glimpses of the place where she played in childhood, known simply as 'The Wild'. Over the three days of the conference she has to decide whether she can avoid Neville, or whether she should submit to an encounter with him and with her past. And in her keynote lecture about the neuroscience of memory, how much to conceal or reveal. But can her specialism save her from drowning?
Manchester im Jahre 1604: Der 13-Jährige Roma-Junge Simeon wird von seiner Mutter auf die Lateinschule geschickt, denn er hat eine Stimme wie ein Engel. Doch so sehr er das sonntägliche Singen im Chor der Kathedrale liebt, so ist der neue Alltag geprägt von Heimweh und Angst: Was führt der unheimliche Kirchenvorsteher Dr Dee im Schilde, dem alle nachsagen, er stehe mit dem Teufel im Bunde? Und wie soll sich Simeon nur gegen die gemeinen Hänseleien seiner Mitschüler wehren? Allein der gleichaltrige Kit wird für ihn so etwas wie ein Freund, doch auch er scheint etwas vor ihm zu verbergen. Noch heute ragt die Kathedrale in den Himmel von Manchester und birgt ihr düsteres Geheimnis. Als Kate in die Jugendgruppe der Kirche eintritt, wird sie Zeugin einer unheimlichen Begebenheit ...