THE SEVENTH TIDE
- 309pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Eo, a teenage shape-shifter; Adom, a boy from the sixth century; and Jay, a girl from the twenty-second century, are connected by a deadly time-travel game where only one can emerge victorious.
L'auteur vit et écrit dans le Royaume de Fife, surplombant la rivière Tay aux reflets argentés et un ciel spectaculaire. Ses récits prennent vie grâce à une troupe de personnages débridés, incluant une jeune détective victorienne, un garçon mineur d'une planète extraterrestre, une princesse furet, un orphelin médiéval, une gargouille parlante et même un cheval volant. L'auteur se délecte de leur compagnie, s'efforçant de capturer le fil de leurs aventures. Son imagination unique et son style narratif créent des mondes captivants.







Eo, a teenage shape-shifter; Adom, a boy from the sixth century; and Jay, a girl from the twenty-second century, are connected by a deadly time-travel game where only one can emerge victorious.
"It's the harshest winter anyone can remember, and the vast waterways of the Fens are frozen solid, transformed into an Ice Road. Ideal conditions for a surprise invasion by young King Arnald s banished uncle! Even Wickit Monastery is under threat - a bitter illness has struck down almost all the Brothers and a ghost walks across the snow. How can the orphan Pip, and Perfect, the stone gargoyle, save the Brothers, their friend the King and their country?
There s been a series of mysterious thefts from the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow . . . Despite maximum security measures, the thief is yet to be caught and the stolen objects appear to vanish into thin air, never to be seen again. But Slightly Jones, detective in training, isn t daunted by the lack of clue. She s more concerned about the stories of ghosts in a nearby graveyard. Could the two be connected? [...] fun and fast-paced mystery novel, with a strong sense of time and place. Scotland Children s Choice Fans of adventures will enjoy this historical mystery with its very contemporary heroine. The Scotsman Joan Lennon has created detective stories which will grip the modern reader while preserving the best of their Victorian setting. The Bookbag The story romps along, drawing in assorted snippets of Glasgow s history on the way. Books for Keeps
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Sci fi meets prehistory in this extraordinary story of a time-travelling boy from the future who accidentally ends up in Neolithic Scotland.
"Trouble is heading for Wickit Monastery through the sweltering summer Fens from the King s court comes Cedric with a chip on his shoulder, and from the land of the Vikings, Rane, a beautiful Norse girl, arrives with her hulking henchmen.But what are they really here for? Pip the orphan and Perfect the stone gargoyle find themselves caught up in a mad search for buried treasure, which leads them right across the marshes, all the way to the dreaded Black Bog, the very last place they want to be.And all the while, they can t shake the feeling they re being watched "
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A wandering pedlar turns up in Leif's village, much to the delight of the Vikings of Frondfell. Only Leif suspects there's something not quite right about the small, wrinkly old man. As belongings start to go missing in the village and the pedlar is suddenly nowhere to be found, his suspicions are confirmed. Can he track down the disappearing pedlar, survive insane flying inventions, and prove himself to be a hero once and for all?