A sequel to the "Witch Child".
"Witch Child" is a historical fiction.
Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and its impact on British politics, this action-driven novel shows once again that Celia Rees is one of our very best writers for teenage readers. Wild and beautiful, spoilt and wilful, Sovay finds that her cosseted upbringing in rural England has no[...]
Violetta and Feste have come to London to rescue the holy relics taken from the church in Illyria by the evil Malvolio. Their journey has been long and their adventures many, but it is not until they meet the playwright William Shakespeare that they get to tell the entire story from beginning to end[...]
During summer vacation, fifteen-year-old Richard becomes obsessed with Clio, the daughter of the eccentric family who has taken up residence at Wish House, and, drawn into their strange world, discovers that things are not always what they seem.[...]
When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days - paper and ink. Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to[...]
When two young women meet under extraordinary circumstances in the eighteenth- century West Indies, they are unified in their desire to escape their oppressive lives. The first is a slave, forced to work in a plantation mansion and subjected to terrible cruelty at the hands of the plantation manager[...]
As Witch Child ends so Sorceress begins. Alison Ellman is still searching for information about Mary Newbury; she has a diary and some scattered information about other people in Mary's life, but Mary has disappeared into the forests and Alison has no way of following her. But when she meets Agnes H[...]
Everyone says that Caro is bad ...but Jamie can't help himself. He thinks of her night and day and can't believe that she wants to be his girlfriend. Gorgeous, impulsive and unconventional, she is totally different to all the other girls he knows. His sister, Martha, hates her. Jamie doesn't know wh[...]
The daughter of a rich Jamaican landowner and one of the plantation slaves run away and join a band of pirates. For both girls the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property, rather than individuals.[...]
In 1794 England, the beautiful Sovay dons a man's cloak and holds up stagecoaches in broad daylight. Posing as a highway robber began as a lark to test a suitor's devotion. But when she lifts the wallet of one of England's most dangerous men, Sovay begins to unravel a web of deceit and duplicity. Ac[...]
Witch Child handlar om Mary som flyr till Amerika 1659 efter att hennes mormor blivit avrättad. Mormor var anklagad för att vara häxa. Mary är rädd för att häxjakten ska hinna upp henne samtidigt som hon känner att hon utvecklar magiska krafter.
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Jag kan berätta om Den grymma leken, men först måste jag få förklara en sak. Det som hände Michael Bailey var inte bara Bro-ligans fel. På sätt och vis var vi lika skyldiga allihop
Det har gått två år sedan Michael Bailey försvann efter att ha varit offer för Den grymma leken,[...]
Det hade alltid funnits ramsor och spökhistorier. Barnen hade berättat dem för varandra i generationer. De handlade om underjordiska gångar, pestgravar, hemliga steg och försvunna barn... Cassie, Frasier och Jake börjar skriva om alla övernaturliga händelser i skoltidningen och på skoj låt[...]