Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 2003-06
Category :
ISBN : 9780756956868
This magical collection of eight gloriously imaginative stories is ideal for bedtime reading. These stories contain a wealth of wonderful characters and ideas, all with the colorful, dreamlike quality of the very best fairy tales. Illustrations.
Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781567921670
Royals, witches, enchanted pigs, mermaids, wolves, and mortals star in thirteen stories gleaned from a trio of the author's earlier collections.
Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 2014-08-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553522205
Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease. With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp?
Author : Jo Cotterill
Publisher : Random House
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 25,45 MB
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1448121566
What if the only thing you had left were the stories in your head? Amina’s homeland has been ravaged by war, and her family is devastated . . . The women of the family – Amina, her two sisters and their mother – have no choice but to leave their home town, along with thousands of others, and head for a refugee camp. But there are even more challenges ahead . . .
Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 13,55 MB
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0547586728
Felix Brooke, the orphaned son of an English soldier and an aristocratic Spanish mother, has been raised in the strict, loveless household of his grandfather in Villaverde, Spain. When Felix gains possession of a letter that contains a clue to the whereabouts of his father’s family, he gladly runs away form home to pursue the trail. His journey from Spain to far-off England begins the adventure of a lifetime.
Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,17 MB
Release : 2024-09-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780241730928
Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1402225962
A Young Woman Longing for Adventure and an Artistic Life... Because she's an illegitimate child, Eliza is raised in the rural backwater with very little supervision. An intelligent, creative, and free-spirited heroine, unfettered by the strictures of her time, she makes friends with poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge, finds her way to London, and eventually travels the world, all the while seeking to solve the mystery of her parentage. With fierce determination and irrepressible spirits, Eliza carves out a life full of adventure and artistic endeavor. PRAISE FOR JOAN AIKEN "Others may try, but nobody comes close to Aiken in writing sequels to Jane Austen." PublishersWeekly "Aiken's story is rich with humor, and her language is compelling. Readers captivated with Elinor and Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility will thoroughly enjoy Aiken's crystal gazing, but so will those unacquainted with Austen." Booklist "...innovative storyteller Aiken again pays tribute to Jane Austen in a cheerful spinoff of Sense and Sensibility." Kirkus Reviews
Author : Egmont Books, Limited
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Cats
ISBN : 9781850517504
Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 14,19 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9780857550651
When Jan Pienkowski began a haunting series of paintings and asked Joan Aiken to compose accompanying ghostly stories, the result was bound to be an exceptional book. Here are tales of ghostly revenge, tales to scare and amuse, peopled with malevolent spirits and mysterious heroes. Haunting happenings and peculiar twists shape these stories; the unexplained and unearthly goings-on add up to an extraordinary and eerie experience.
Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Random House
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 50,80 MB
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1787620492
A wonderful new reissued edition of the classic Joan Aiken short story collection illustrated with Jan Pienkowski's iconic silhouettes. These East European fairytales have it all: drama, magic, heroes, fairies, dragons, mermaids, adventure, bravery and beauty...
