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Penny Chrimes

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Penny Chrimes

Book, Paperback, eng Publisher: London : Orion

Fly never meant to end up in a cage with a man-eating tiger. And though she's no princess, when the tiger bows to her, she can't help vowing to free him and return him home. But the bird-filled jungles and cloud-topped mountains of the tiger's homeland are an ocean away. And not everyone wants the tiger to return. With dark and dangerous forces working against them, will Fly be able to fulfil her promises, keep them both alive and - just maybe - become the queen her tiger knows her to be?

Penny Chrimes

Book, Paperback, eng Publisher: London : Orion

When Stick discovers there is a dragon living underneath the streets of London, he finds himself unintentionally drawn into an epic adventure and a quest - but how can he find a place for a dragon to live in London when dragons aren't supposed to exist? And with foes at every corner who want to exploit the dragon for themselves, it's going to take a daring plan for Stick to find a safe place for his dragon - and for himself.

Penny Chrimes

Book, eng Publisher: Orion

'This book gripped me like a great hawk in its talons and didn't let me go ... utterly phenomenal' - Zillah Bethell, author of The Shark Caller

A desperate village. A child who emerges from the marshes. A falcon that helps her save them all.

The child - if child it was - came out of the wild-ness. It came out of the sparse bleak marsh where few dared go and none came back. And though the village grew accustomed to the creature they did not forget from whence it came. And they whispered that there was no knowing whether she was sent as a blessing or a bane.'

When the child emerges from the wilderness, no one in the village knows what to do with her. She is odd - half-wild, without speech and seems to have an unnatural bond with animals - especially the falcon, who is always circling above her. The Wise-Woman takes her in, and names her Rhodd, but the rest of the villagers remain suspicious.

Over the years, as Rhodd grows, the village realises that the river, which is their connection to the wider world, is beginning to die, and eventually a dark sickness begins to spread. Soon, too soon, the villagers turn their suspicion on Rhodd and her falcon.

And so, Rhodd sets out to discover what - or who - is causing the river to dry up . . . to protect her mother, her falcon and herself...

A beautiful and enthralling adventure about love, belonging, the delicate balance of nature - and the wildness within us all, for fans of The Last Wild and Where the Crawdads Sing, for 9+ readers.

Penny Chrimes

Book, Paperback, eng Publisher: London : Orion

The shifting of shape grew upon her as she grew. As slow and stealthy as a polecat stalking a vole. A twitch of long ears, as yet unseen. The sudden thump of a powerful hind-leg, hers yet not yet hers. The sleekening of the flank. A change in the smell of the earth and the scents on the wind. And then it was fully upon her and she was Hare. Silver Hare - that most magical of all shape-shifters. Loveday Gwynne is a shapeshifter. When she transforms into Hare, she is full of joy, running and leaping through the grass on the moors, a silver hare with a special connection to the silver moon. But as a girl, she must be quiet and stay unnoticed, because the old magic of the shapeshifters is no longer trusted in the village of Penros. The new Elder of Penros is determined both to rid the village of Shapeshifters and to mine the cliffs below for gold, something forbidden by the old magic.

Penny Chrimes

Book, Paperback, eng Publisher: Firefly Press

An exhilarating novel, set in a Georgian world of highwaymen and tricksters, starring heiress Hero Devine. Hero is a girl who can hold her own, as notorious highwayman Jack Giles discovers to his cost when he tries to hold up her coach.

Accompanied only by her pet wolf Flow, Hero is escaping a childhood beset by the darkest horrors, and she soon recruits Jack to her own mission: to change the dreadful fate ordained for her by her evil family. As a reluctant Jack is drawn into her terrifying world, he discovers that she may hold the clues to his own mysterious past.

Fast-paced, fast-talking, jam-packed with narrow escapes and moonlit rides across a frosty heath, this is an irresistible adventure for fans of THE RUBY IN THE SMOKE and HETTY FEATHER.

Penny Chrimes

Book, eBook, electronic_resource, eng

Hero Devine is a rich girl who can hold her own, as notorious and charming highwayman Jack Giles discovers to his cost when he tries to hold up her coach.