The 13 Treasures
Michelle Harrison |
Simon and Schuster |
978-1-84738-449-2 |
January 2009 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling |
Bloomsbury |
0747591059 |
Jul 2007 |
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Critical comment surrounding ‘Harry Potter’ has increasingly failed to distinguish between popularity and content. The brand has become testament to the technologies and communications that have rendered popular culture as globalised. Commentary has focused around a rigid mythology surrounding its creator and creation rather than pinioning itself to the books themselves. |
Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools
Philip Caveney |
Bodley Head |
0370329155 |
Jan 2007 |
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Setting of A Cruel Sun
Alan Gibbons |
Orion |
1842551795 |
September 06 |
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Hmm. Had this one for over three weeks and I’ve just finished. (Sorry Michael) My wife suggested that this initial sentence would suffice, but on we go. |
Tanglewreck
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson |
Bloomsbury |
0747580642 |
July 2006 |
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The return of Doctor Who to our TV screens in 2005 gave rise once again to the vast possibilities of using time-travel as the central premise of a storyline. Jumping on the time-travel bandwagon, Jeanette Winterson has seized upon its potential with a spirited originality in her first children’s novel, a gripping and provocative fantasy-thriller. |
The Coming of Dragons
A. J. Lake |
Bloomsbury |
1904442714 |
Oct 2005 |
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Edmund is the privileged son of a king, travelling cautiously in disguise. Elspeth is the fierce daughter of a shipmaster, working proudly at her father’s helm. Their paths are thrown together when they are the only survivors of a terrible shipwreck. |
The Fledging of Az Gabrielson
Jay Amory |
Gollancz |
1904442714 |
Aug 2006 |
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Az Gabrielson is a living paradox; a wingless boy born into a winged world. He struggles to live with dignity in a hallowed, ‘Airborne’ society that treats his winglessness as an embarrassing infirmity. Az feels an understandable affinity with the prehistoric Groundlings, who were also wingless and inhabited the dismal and abandoned earth. When the mysterious infrastructure that supports the sky-cities starts to malfunction, Az finds himself the ideal candidate to investigate what really lies beneath the clouds’ |
The Tide Knot
Helen Dunmore |
Harper Collins |
0007204892 |
May 2006 |
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The ancient Greeks used to believe that the world was composed of four elements, earth, water, fire and air. |
Clair-de-Lune
Cassandra Golds |
Orchard Books |
1904442714 |
Oct 2005 |
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A young balletomane, Clair-de-Lune, lives alone with her austere grandmother, Madame Nuit. Her mother (La Lune) died whilst dancing a dying swan ballet, and she has been mute ever since. Such overtly symbolic names emulate the methods of fairy tale, which sets the mood for this story. |