Inspired by the W.B. Yeats poem that tempts a child from home to the waters and the wild, The Stolen Child is a modern fairy tale narrated by the child Henry Day and his double.
The Road by
Cormac McCarthy
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 28 Mar 2007 Publication information
The Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own. A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom.
The Sea of Trolls by
Nancy Farmer
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 23 May 2006 Publication information
The year is A.D. 793; Jack and his sister have been kidnapped by Vikings and taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless and his terrifying half-troll wife; but things get even worse when Jack finds himself on a dangerous quest to find the magical Mimir's Well in a far-off land, with his sister's life forfeit if he fails.
Never Let Me Go by
Kazuo Ishiguro
Hardcover: Apr 2005
Paperback: 14 Mar 2006 Publication information
A tale of deceptive simplicity that slowly reveals an
extraordinary emotional depth and resonance and takes its place among Kazuo
Ishiguro's finest work.
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