| The Rinaldi Ring |
| by Jenny Nimmo | |
| Horror & Ghosts for ages 10 - 14 published by Mammoth |
| After the awful death of his mother, Eliot moves to England to live with his cousins. Very soon he realises that he is being haunted by Mary-Ellen who once lived in the house, and gradually he begins to unravel her sad story. Down through the years everyone had assumed she had been driven insane by the loss of her fiancé, so why does Eliot feel part of the story is missing? ...more 301/8 |
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| Midnight for Charlie Bone |
| by Jenny Nimmo | |
| Fantasy and Magic for ages 8 - 14 published by Egmont Children's Books |
| Charlie Bone has never shown any particular signs of being endowed with magical gifts, until one day he hears the people talking in the photograph he is holding. All of a sudden his horrible grandmother and her sisters descend upon the house and insist he goes to Bloor's Academy, a school for gifted children. Charlie cannot say no because since his father died some years before ha and his mother live on the charity of the Yewbeam side of the family. The photograph seems to be very important and Charlie discovers that the poor baby who was given away in it is actually at the Academy too. Charlie knows that he must go and find the child in the photograph, what he doesn't realise is how very dangerous that is going to be! ...more 1737/8 |
| Ultramarine |
| by Jenny Nimmo | |
| Fantasy and Magic for ages 8 - 14 published by Mammoth |
| Ned and Nell have a strange past, they seem to have strong links with the sea. Ned often dreams of it and Nell can hear the ocean's footsteps. They have heard some stories of a girl called Ultramarine, but nobody will tell them the whole story. Then Arion appears from the sea, perhaps he can tell them the answers to their questions, but is he real or a ghost? Why does he disappear and who is leaving the damp footprints that never fade? ...more 215/8 |
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| The Snow Spider |
| by Jenny Nimmo, illustrated by Joanna Carey | |
| Fantasy and Magic for ages 7 - 11 published by Mammoth |
| Gwyn's grandmother gives him five strange birthday gifts, to see if he has any magical powers - a piece of seaweed, a yellow scarf, a tin whistle, a twisted metal brooch and a small broken horse. What could they all be for? Gwyn gives the brooch to the wind and in return there comes a tiny silver spider, Arianwin, the Snow Spider. ...more 8/8 |
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| Griffin's Castle |
| by Jenny Nimmo | |
| Fantasy and Magic for ages 9 - 11 published by Mammoth |
| Diana and her mother move into a ramshackle old house which belongs to Gomer Gwynne, Dinah falls in love with the house but quickly realises that Gomer Gwynne wants to demolish it and also has designs on her mother. There is no room for Dinah in either plan, so she turns to the mystical carved creatures on the stone walls of the castle. As her isolation and anger grow, the animals gather around her to keep everyone else out, good or bad. ...more 93/8 |
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| The Time Twister |
| by Jenny Nimmo | |
| Fantasy and Magic for ages 8 - 14 published by Egmont Children's Books |
| Henry Yewbeam was staying with the Bloor family when his sister was dying . None of the Bloors seemed to like him or his brother James, but Ezekiel, his cousin was the worst. One terrible night Zeke tricks Henry into picking up a beautiful marble, Henry cannot help but stare into it's depths. A terrible mistake for this isn't a pretty marble, but a Time Twister, which causes Henry to travel forward in time to Bloor's Academy in the time of Charlie Bone. Suddenly a race is on to protect Henry from the Bloors and Charlie's awful Yewbeam aunts, but someone seems to be betraying them and Henry cannot be kept safe from the very old and wicked Ezekiel Bloor. New friends and powers are needed to save Henry's life and many strange new allies are discovered in the dark, threatening walls of Bloor's Academy! ...more 1738/8 |
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| Seth and the Strangers |
| by Jenny Nimmo, illustrated by Peter Melynczuk | |
| Real Life Drama for ages 7 - 10 published by Mammoth |
| A dark cloud rains tiny whirling shapes on to the hills. Only Seth knows each spinning silver disc carries something extraordinary. Where have they come from? What do they want? ...more 400/8 |
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| The Chestnut Soldier |
| by Jenny Nimmo | |
| Fantasy and Magic published by Mammoth |
| Four years after Gwyn was given the five magic gifts, the night the soldier Evan Llyr seeks refuge in the village, Gwyn takes out the gift his grandmother warned him against: the mutilated figure of a horse. ...more 874/8 |
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| Tom and the Pterosaur |
| by Jenny Nimmo | |
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| Tom discovers his next door neighbours are hiding a secret that's beyond his wildest imaginings. At the bottom of the Tuttle family's garden rises a huge hedge, as tall and as solid as the wall of a castle. Behind it live the Grimleys, but what they're trying to hide no one knows. Then one evening Tom Tuttle hears an eerie wailing. What sort of creature could make such a noise - a noise that stops when Tom's sisters sing? And if he uncovers the truth, will anyone believe him? ...more 1206/8 |
| Dog Star |
| by Jenny Nimmo | |
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| ...more 1818/8 |