Kieran Larwood, víťaz súťaže Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2011, je autorom diela Freaks. Od svojho prvého stretnutia s literatúrou v šiestich rokoch ho fascinujú príbehy a rozprávanie. Jeho tvorba je poháňaná celoživotnou vášňou pre literatúru a porozumením detskej duši. Larwood sa vo svojich dielach snaží zachytiť podstatu detskej skúsenosti a sveta.
In a city ruled by a puppet queen under Oliver Cromwell's influence, six Guilds vie for power amidst a backdrop of strange magic. The Leaf Guild, considered the weakest, faces unexpected challenges with the arrival of Jed Greenleaf, a newcomer who possesses a remarkable ability to transform into a half-tree, adorned with bark. His unique power may change the dynamics of the Guilds and the fate of Albion city.
An action-packed new adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton. Young readers will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners!CALLING ALL DUNGEON RUNNERS - There's space for a new team of heroes. This is your chance to enter the leagues and fight your way to the top!Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, although being a gnorf (part gnome, part dwarf) means he's much smaller than the other competitors.But when a space opens up for a new team in the Dungeon Running League, Kit doesn't want to miss this chance to try out! With his new friends Sandy and Thorn, they're ready to take on anything - mazes, puzzles, monsters, treasure and most of all adventure!Are you ready for the games to begin? Welcome to the Dungeon!
The latest adventure from the winning author - the Carnival must travel to Paris on an audacious rescue mission!
Podkin is now Keeper of the Gifts - which is a tremendously important job and just a tiny bit boring. It doesn't help that there are still three gifts missing - Podkin can't stop himself from thinking about that. So when the Godseye Mirror begins to shimmer and shift revealing a motley crew of travellers is approaching, Podkin sees it as a sign that his world is about to be upended all over again. It's not long before Podkin and Uki finally meet - united in their hatred for the world of Scramashank, they have much in common. But what will these young warriors make of each other, and can they work together to unite the forces of good against terrible evil?
The first figure raises his crossbow, tilting his head to pinpoint the exact position of the thing in the bushes. It has stopped running now, and is muttering something. Some kind of prayer, a call for its mother, its anyone who might help it.Something sinister is going on in the stinking slums of London. Sideshow acts are going missing . . . men wearing animal masks and eye goggles are hunting them down and killing them for sport. But who are this fiendish Hunters' Club? And what is the reason for their cruel game?Sheba the wolfgirl and Pyewacket the witch's imp know all about life in a sideshow. But now they are the Carnival, private investigators working to help unusual people like them. Teaming up with new recruits half-cat Inji, her extraordinary brother, the armadillo-like Sil and Glyph the psychic, it's a race against time . . . to track down the mask-wearing villains, before anyone else comes to harm!
An epic tale of trees of power and a world under threat, from the author of the bestselling Five Realms series.Here come the roots of the Shadow Tree.Whatever they touch will never get free.Liska lives in Arborven, a city surrounding an extraordinary tree that gives all those living there special powers. As a shapeshifter, Liska is training as a warrior. When she discovers that the Tree is under threat, it is her duty to act - but she can't convince anyone to listen to her. So with Lug, whose power over earthworms is dismissed as useless, and a ghost-girl, Elowen, she goes on an epic journey to defeat the worst threat their world has ever known.Illustrated by Chris Wormell this is a richly woven and thrilling fantasy with a wonderful affinity between humankind and nature - a current and vital message for young readers everywhere.
A wonderfully murky, carnivalesque world of intrigue, unexpected friendships and mysteries solved. Sheba the wolf girl joins an unusual troupe of performers that includes Pyewacket, a witch's imp;
It oozed and throbbed and Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. After defeating Valkus, Uki and his friends still have two more spirits to find and capture. Can Uki and his friends outwit him whilst being chased by the evil Endwatch and Jori's clan of assassins?
From bestselling author and winner of the Blue Peter Book Award, this is the sixth adventure set in the world of Podkin One-Ear.
and a life or death mission. Joined by two other outcasts - a trained assassin who refuses to kill people and a very short rabbit who rides the fastest jerboa on the plains - Uki must capture Valkus, the Spirit of War, before rabbitkind destroys itself in conflict. A thrilling new book set in the Five Realms of Podkin One-Ear.
Bard zdvihol hlavu a pozrel na postavy, čo ho obstali. Mali čierne plášte s kapucňami a pod nimi dlhé habity. Od masiek z vyleštených kostí ozdobených vyrezávanými špirálami a runami sa odrážalo slnko a z priezorov ho pozorovali tri páry chladných, ľahostajných očí. „Áno,“ prikývol, „sú to tanečnice nad kosťami, ale ušetri si nadšenie, Ru. Prišli ma zabiť.“ Tanečnice nad kosťami odvedú barda a jeho malého učňa Rua do svojho chrámu na Kostibradle a bardovi prikážu, aby im rozpovedal príbeh, pre ktorý ktosi žiada jeho hlavu. Podkin, Paz a Puk sa opäť ocitnú v nebezpečenstve, hrozí, že prídu o svoj nový domov. Gormovia útočia na samotný les, aby z neho vzdorovité králiky vyhnali. Temravčania sa chcú postaviť na odpor, no zachrániť ich môže jedine magický luk Vrabčieho Dolu. Presvedčia tamojšieho náčelníka, aby sa posvätného daru vzdal? Vydajú sa za ním, na ceste hlbinami Chmúrneho lesa však striehne zrada...
V nore Pod ostružinou všetko spalo, keď bard po prstoch vyšiel zo svojej komôrky. V hlave mu ešte doznieval sen o gormských vranách, ešte počul strašidelný škripot ich železných krídel. Bard musí odísť, Pod ostružinou sa zdržal pridlho, hoci vie, že je to preňho nebezpečné. Tentoraz však nebude putovať sám. Pôjde s ním jeho nový učeň, jeden z náčelníkových synov. Malý Ru pozorne počúva bardove príbehy a očarený legendou o Podkinovi Jednouchom zatúži stať sa rozprávkarom.
V dávnych časoch boli králiky maličké ustráchané zvieratká a bývali v obyčajných dierach a tuneloch. Odvtedy sa však králičie nory rozrástli na celé dediny a mestečká ukryté pod zemou. Podkin, syn náčelníka Munbury, nie je žiadny hrdina a na deň, keď sa bude musieť postaviť na čelo kolónie, nechce ani pomyslieť. Väčšinu času preleňoší, podpichuje svoju staršiu sestru Paz a hrá sa s bračekom Pukom. Keď Munbury prepadnú krvilační Gormovia, súrodencom sa podarí ujsť. Život si zachránia, no nebezpečenstvo číha na každom kroku. Podkin vie, že musí ochrániť brata a sestru a v boji proti strašnému nepriateľovi vyrastie z lenivca a ľahtikára vodca.
London 1851 Sie sind die einzige Hoffnung für die Kinder, die unter mysteriösen Umständen in der Themse verschwinden. Nachts treten sie als schaurige Attraktionen in einer Freakshow auf. Aber bei Tage ermitteln sie. Und bald finden Sheba, das Wolfsmädchen, Sister Moon, die schneller ist als der Blitz, der Riese Gigantus und Monkeyboy, die menschliche Stinkbombe, eine erste Spur. Doch wer ist der geheimnisvolle Fremde, der die Freaks plötzlich verfolgt? Was haben Baupläne für eine Maschine in Krabbenform damit zu tun? Und welche Rolle spielt die verschleierte Frau in Schwarz? Die Freunde dürfen keine Zeit verlieren.
