Dark Quetzal
9 best books like Dark Quetzal (Katherine Roberts): Last Argument of Kings, I Capture the Castle, Midnight for Charlie Bone, The Seer and the Sword, The Looking Glass Wars, The Doomspell, The Toy Makers, William Golding, Lord of the flies Penguin Study Notes, The Tales of Max Carrados
| Author | Joe Abercrombie |
| ISBN | 0575077905 |
The end is coming. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the King of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only one man who can stop him. His oldest friend, and his oldest enemy. It's past time for the Bloody-Nine to come...
| Author | Dodie Smith |
| ISBN | 0312181108 |
Through six turbulent months of 1934, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain keeps a journal, filling three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries about her home, a ruined Suffolk castle, and her eccentric and penniless family. By the time the last diary shuts, there have been great changes in...
Midnight for Charlie Bone
| Author | Jenny Nimmo |
| ISBN | 0439474299 |
A magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking!
The fabulous powers of the Red King were passed down through his descendants, after turning up quite unexpectedly, in someone who had no idea where they came from....
| Author | Victoria Hanley |
| ISBN | 0440229774 |
Legend states that there exists a mighty sword that makes its possessor invincible to his enemies. But there is a curse on anyone who lifts the sword for conquest. King Kareed of Archeld goes after this sword anyway, winning it from the King of Bellandra. When he returns home from battle, he brings his...
| Author | Frank Beddor |
| ISBN | 0803731531 |
Alyss of Wonderland?
When Alyss Heart, newly orphaned heir to the Wonderland throne, flees through the Pool of Tears to escape her murderous Aunt Redd, she finds herself lost and alone in Victorian London. Befriended by an aspiring author named Lewis Carrol, Alyss tells the violent, heartbreaking...
| Author | Cliff McNish |
| ISBN | 0995582122 |
In a blaze of light, rush of wind and scrabble of claws, Rachel and Eric are ripped through the wall and hurtled on to another world. Like thousands of other children before them, they have been snatched away by the Witch.
But this time the Witch has met her match. Rachel discovers that she has extraordinary...
This book took longer to finish than I had hoped.
I was eager to start it and instantly jumped into the world where this story begins.
Half way through though I got a little tired, starting to feel it was a chore to pic it up. I got a little dark and depressing and moved pretty far away from that magical...
William Golding, Lord of the flies Penguin Study Notes
| Author | Gillian E. Hanscombe |
| ISBN | 0140772863 |
In William Golding's The Lord of the Flies, the conch shell holds the power of the boys who are on the island. The conch shell either brings them together or forces them apart. From the very beginning when Piggy finds the conch and when Ralph blows the shell, all the boys gather for a meeting. There are several...
The Tales of Max Carrados
Max Carrados, a fictional detective series, was first introduced to the literary world by Ernest Bramah in 1914. In the Edwardian era, Carrados' stories often outsold Sherlock Holmes, with the blind detective sharing top billing with his fictional rival.
George Orwell wrote that together...
