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Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family’s ancestral estate. Her eccentric uncle Enos drives away her only new acquaintance, Pat, a handsome British scholar, then leaves Peggy to fend for herself. But she is not alone. The house is full of mysteries—and ghosts. Soon Peggy becomes involved with the spirits of her own Colonial ancestors and witnesses the unfolding of a centuries-old romance against a backdrop of spies and intrigue and of battles plotted and foiled. History has never been so exciting—especially because the ghosts are leading Peggy to a romance of her own!
Transformed into swans by the evil spell of their stepmother, seven brothers are restored to human form by their sister, but one brother is left with one arm and one wing
A king's oversight causes near-bankruptcy of the kingdom and forces the prince to seek his fortune elsewhere.
Book by Patricia A. McKillip
In 1558, while exiled by Queen Mary Tudor to a remote castle known as Perilous Gard, young Kate Sutton becomes involved in a series of mysterious events that lead her to an underground world peopled by Fairy Folk—whose customs are even older than the Druids’ and include human sacrifice.
All magic has consequences Long ago, the seawitch Dread Mary fell in love with a hard-hearted prince and gave him the Magic Three of Solatia: three silver buttons that could fulfill any wish—but at a price. Centuries later, the buttons belong to Sianna of the Song, a button maker’s daughter and heir to all of Dread Mary’s magic secrets. But the cruel King Blaggard of Solatia seeks to wed the lovely Sianna and steal her power. Sianna will need her wits, her magic, and the silver buttons to save herself and Solatia from the evil Blaggard . . . but what will it cost her? This ebook features a personal history by Jane Yolen including rare images from the author’s personal collection, as well as a note from the author about the making of the book.
This is the story of Ayna and Ceri, who both had Gifts, and of Gair, who thought he was ordinary.Gair spent his time gazing out onto the Moor and brooding. Ayna could answer questions about the future, Ceri could find things which were lost. Gair seems to have no Gift and knew he was a disappointment to his jovial, heroic father – who is Chief. Perhaps his feelings of not fitting in was what made him so curious about these other different sorts of beings who lived on the Moor – the Giants and the Dorig. Certainly it was because he believed he was ordinary that he did his best to become wise, and to learn as much as he could abou the three great Powers of Sun, Moon and Earth. And when the crisis came, Gair found the knowledge he had gained was to help save not only his own life but those of all his people.
A twelfth-century legend, a complex scientific experiment, and a touching love story are inextricably intertwined in this intriguing novel
Mabby and Jago determine to defeat the Lord of Pengersick, an evil sorcerer who has filled the lives of the people of the surrounding area with misery and terror.
Having exchanged identities, a ruler's consort and a slave discover they seem doomed to die in their new roles.
Caught in a freak storm, John Webster takes shelter in an old barn with weird symbols carved in the doors. The landowner offers him a place to stay and John, on leave from University, takes him up on the offer. But it turns out the barn has more history than he first suspected. A portal back in time, to be precise. He meets the beautiful Johanna, who is being tracked by the Witch Finder General. Modern science says that witches aren't real... but then, neither are portals back in time, so what can John believe? John finds himself torn between the past and the present, caught in a web of magic, mystery, suspicion and witchhunts.
Mole is an orphan, one of a small band cared for by the old man Rhawn. The land of Pesten where they live is becoming darker and colder, and with the darkness come other creatures, dragons and wolfmen who ravage the land. When Rhawn dies, Mole becomes a leader before his time, as he and the orphans are entrusted with a dangerous quest: to destroy the sorcerer Ammar and prevent him from sending the world into an everlasting winter.
Alone and exhausted after a rebel attack on his father's mission settlement in remote China, thirteen-year-old Theodore is relieved to meet the earthy and colourful Mrs Jones, a botanist, and they flee together for the forbidden land of Tibet. But are they really fleeing? Or being summoned? For the old Lama who rules in the many-domed monastery of Dong Pe insists they hold the clue to the birth of the long-awaited Tulku - a reincarnated spiritual master...
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits!The Dukedom of Caprona is a place where music is enchantment and spells are as slippery as spaghetti. The magical business is run by two families – the Montanas and the Petrocchis – and they are deadly rivals. So when all the spells start going wrong, they naturally blame each other.Chrestomanci suspects an evil enchanter; others say it is a White Devil. Or maybe a different kind of magic is needed to save Caprona…
Arien, the daughter of a goddess and endowed with great powers, and Mole, in training to be a harpist, together must fight an evil sorcerer who has killed the High King
The Mont Cants, rulers of Canys (one of seven kingdoms on a vast island), were not warlike or despotic or treacherous; they had maintained their power for hundreds of years without wars or reigns of terror. Yet they were dangerous, the Princess Sereniel of the Kingdom of Bran said, because they had a magic, a sort of enchantment, about them. But to Rhian Mont Cant, who assumed the throne at seventeen when his father died, the magic seemed less powerful than the evils that rose to plague him. First his twin brother Talwy left home, and it seemed he was seeking a way to steal the throne, possibly with the aid of a dark sorcerer. Then the Princess of Bran, who was to have married Rhian, fell in love with someone else. The War Lord of Canys defected. And Rhian's chief advisor was forced to leave as well. Finally Rhian himself was driven from his kingdom by warriors from Armei, the most powerful of the seven kingdoms. Yet good things happened too. Rhian's brother Pinwy ran away, but came back chastened and helpful. Rhian found a new bride, one who might be more helpful to him in the end. Most of all, he found himself gradually acquiring the approval of the seven Fates that guided and guarded the seven kingdoms--and as he found himself harried from his land and moving into a trap set by Talwy, he discovered that could mean a great deal.#14 in Ace Books' MagicQuest line of fantasy novels.
Accompanied by Prince Berrien of Thrinedor, Mol, Arien, and Fflad set out to find Orne in dangerous territory where a new sorcerer and an invincible army have arisen.
One day, Daystar's mom, Cimorene, hands him a magic sword and kicks him out of the house. Daystar doesn't know what he is supposed to do with the magic sword, but knowing Cimorene, he's sure it must involve a dragon or two!
In order to regain his magic, the king of Caramorn promises that his ugly son will marry Helen, the headstrong daughter of wizard Sirion Hilversun, who gives the prince three impossible tasks to prevent the unwanted wedding