Helena Duggan píše dobrodružné príbehy, ktoré vychádzajú z jej bujnej predstavivosti a rýchleho tempa. Jej práca vyžaruje hravého ducha, ktorý sa nikdy nestárne, a prináša čitateľom vzrušujúce úniky. Duggan prináša do svojho písania jedinečnú perspektívu, ktorá je formovaná jej celoživotnou vášňou pre vizuálne umenie. Výsledkom sú rozprávania, ktoré sú rovnako vizuálne podmanivé ako rozprávaním.
Violet hates living in Perfect. Then Dad disappears and Violet is determined to uncover the truth with the help of the mysterious Boy. But returning normality to Perfect is a battle they never imagined ...
The second adventure in the gripping and mysterious eco-adventure series The Light Thieves from Helena Duggan, bestselling author of A Place Called Perfect.'Fizzling with ideas, (The Light Thieves is) a wildly imaginative adventure which reads like a blockbuster movie.' - Christopher EdgeOnly kids can save the world. The energy from the sun is being stolen. It's a catastrophe for the planet and every living thing on it! Friends Grian, Jeffrey and Shelli are desperately trying to work out how it's happening. They know tech genius Howard Hansom is behind the theft and they're determined to stop him. But they can't use any of Hansom's smart technology in their quest as it will track them wherever they go.The three young heroes need to find a strange black mirror to help them save the sun. Time is running out. Can kids really save the world? 'The Light Thieves is a feast of fun, fiction, fantasy and fear. Opens with a bang and never lets up until the last page. I loved it.' - Eoin Colfer
Things have quietened down in the town that used to be Perfect. But stories reach Violet and Boy of five missing scientists. And then they discover something odd in the forest outside Town - a mirror maze hiding a huge castle. Creeping inside, they overhear a terrible plan - a zombie army is about march on Town. Can Violet and Boy save their friends?
Clever, quirky and hugely imaginative, discover the eagerly anticipated new eco-adventure series from the bestselling author of A Place Called Perfect. Clever, quirky and hugely imaginative, discover the eagerly anticipated new eco-adventure series from the bestselling author of A Place Called Perfect.Who would you trust to save the world...a boy or a billionaire?The earth has shifted on its axis and a mysterious dark mark has appeared on the sun - the whole world is in peril! But billionaire tech genius Howard Hansom has a plan...When Grian's sister goes missing he's convinced she has run off to Hansom's new city to help save the world. But when Grian and his two friends Jeffrey and Shelli track her there they find that nothing is quite as it seems. Why is everything so secret? Where is the mysterious Area 13? What does Howard Hansom want with all the people he has enticed to live in his city? The days are getting darker but what's really happening to the sun?
Having uncovered the secrets that lay behind the spookily pristine town of Perfect, Violet and the townsfolk are enjoying their new freedom from the maniacal rule of the evil Archer twins. But have they really seen the last of Edward Archer? Why is Boy acting strangely? And who is masterminding a scary zombie army?
Spannendes Fantasy-Kinderbuch ab 10 Jahren
Kennst du die Macht der Fantasie?Violet lebt in der perfekten Stadt. In einer Stadt voller Rätsel und Geheimnisse. Und nur sie allein kann hinter die Fassade blicken!Endlich herrschen wieder Ruhe und Frieden in der idyllischen Kleinstadt Town. Nur Violet hat immer öfter das Gefühl, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Doch niemand außer ihr scheint zu glauben, dass Town in Gefahr schwebt ― nicht einmal Boy. Bis die beiden Freunde auf eine grauenhafte Verschwörung stoßen, die ihre Stadt zu vernichten droht. Zudem deckt Violet in letzter Sekunde einen teuflischen Plan auf, der Boy das Leben kosten könnte! Ob sie ihren Freund und Town rechtzeitig retten kann?