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Meet the wonderfully weird Otherhand family and their faithful guardian, Edgar the raven, and discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherhand. Edgar is alarmed when he sees a nasty looking black tail slinking under the castle walls. But his warnings to the inhabitants of the castle go unheeded: Lord Valevine Otherhand is too busy trying to invent the unthinkable and discover the unknowable; his wife, Minty, is too absorbed in her latest obsession - baking; and ten-year-old Cudweed is running riot with his infernal pet monkey. Only Solstice, the black-haired, poetry-writing Otherhand daughter, seems to pay any attention. As the lower storeys of the castle begin mysteriously to flood, and kitchen maids continue to go missing, the family come ever closer to the owner of the black tail... Dedicated website on Raven Mysteries: www.ravenmysteries.co.uk

Join the wonderfully weird Otherhand family and their faithful guardian, Edgar the raven, and discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherhand. Solstice and Cudweed are appalled to find their father has appointed a new school master. But things get even worse when the grumpy, viciously mean teacher actually arrives. The Otherhand children are sure there's something more to him than meets the eye - the trouble is, who will believe them? No one it seems. Except, perhaps, Edgar. Winner of the 2011 Blue Peter Book Award for Most Fun Story With Pictures, LUNATICS AND LUCK is the third story in this hilarious six book mystery series (with a touch of goth-froth) for 9 year olds from bestselling author, Marcus Sedgwick with quirky black and white line illustrations from new talent, Pete Williamson. Dedicated website on Raven Mysteries: www.ravenmysteries.co.uk

Old friends and lovers reunite for a weekend in a secluded country home after spending decades apart. They plumb their memories of each other and pass quiet judgements on the life decisions each has made since their youth. This isn't, however, just any old reunion, and their conversations of the old days aren't typical reminiscences. After 24 years, Joerg - a convicted murderer and terrorist, is released from prison on a pardon. A former member of the Red Army Faction (or Baader-Meinhof Group), the announcement of Joerg's release is sure to send shock waves throughout Germany. But before this happens, his group of friends - most of whom had been RAF sympathizers - gather for his first weekend of freedom. They are invited by Christiane, Joerg's devoted sister, whose suffocating concern for her brother is matched only by the unrelenting pull of Marcko, a dangerously passionate young man intent on using Joerg to continue the cause.

'Do monsters always stay in the book where they were born? Are they content to live out their lives on paper, and never step foot into the real world?' The Villa Diodati, on the shore of Lake Geneva, 1816: the Year without Summer. As Byron, Polidori, and Mr and Mrs Shelley shelter from the unexpected weather, old ghost stories are read and new ghost stories imagined. Born by the twin brains of the Shelleys is Frankenstein, one of the most influential tales of horror of all time. In a remote mountain house, high in the French Alps, an author broods on Shelley's creation. Reality and perception merge, fuelled by poisoned thoughts. Humankind makes monsters; but who really creates who? This is a book about reason, the imagination, and the creative act of reading and writing. Marcus Sedgwick's ghostly, menacing novel celebrates the legacy of Mary Shelley's literary debut in its bicentenary year.

Ismerkedj meg az elátkozott kastély lakóival: Vehemenc hibbant feltaláló; Mézi, a hitvese álmodozó boszorkány; kamasz lányuk, Heuréka imád nyomozni; Vadony, a nyápic öcsike pedig csak Tesó nevű félnótás majmával törődik. Még szerencse, hogy van egy őrangyaluk: Edgár, a család bölcs (és kissé szószátyár) hollója. Földrengés dúlta fel Átokzug nyugalmát. Azóta Vehemenc legújabb találmányán, a Jövendöméteren dolgozik, Heuréka és Vadony életét pedig új magántanár keseríti meg. A titokzatos tanerőt ráadásul mintha sötét titok és ázottkutyaszag lengené körül... A két gyerek azonban hiába győzködi szüleit, hogy Mr. Boondash körül valami nagyon nincs rendben. Nem hisz nekik senki. Senki, csak Edgár.

Otec Laureth Peakové ji naučil sledovat opakující se události, vzory a čísla – což je něco, pro co má jeho dcera očividně mimořádné nadání. Její tajemství? Je slepá. Pak se ovšem táta ztratí, Laureth popadne svého sedmiletého brášku a vydají se vstříc záhadě, která je dovede až do New Yorku. V tomhle velkoměstě je její dovednost vysledovat šokující a občas nebezpečné spojitosti dovede do světa plného temnoty. Zachrání tátu i sebe? Já nejsem neviditelná je spletitá skládačka o tom, že nic se neděje jen tak pro nic za nic a náhoda neexistuje. Třináctý román (že by přece jen náhoda? :)) proslulého Marcuse Sedgwicka, který nedáte z ruky ani po poslední stránce.