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Penelope, faithful and devoted wife of Odysseus, has been waiting for more than ten years for her husband to return to their home, Ithaka, a beautiful island set in the blue waters of the Ionian Sea. There has been no word from him since the end of the war in Troy and she has no idea whether he survived the sack of the city. Klymene is a young handmaiden, and when the peace of Ithaka is shattered by the arrival of strangers ambitious for the hand of her mistress, Penelope, she too becomes caught up in passions inspired by the gods... This novel is not a retelling of Homer's Odyssey - it is the story of the women left behind, waiting for Odysseus to return to his beloved island. David Fickling Books Hardback - ISBN 0385603916 New Corgi Children's Books Paperback - 0552547999 Available from Amazon.co.uk This is a love story set against the background of the Trojan War. Two sisters find themselves in love with the same young man, with disastrous consequences. The Gods move among the mortals and control their destinies and desires. This book was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's novel of the Year, and the North-East Book Award and was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal in 2001. A Scholastic Paperback. New Scholastic Point paperback - 0439950953 Available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com There is also a talking book version published by Listening Library in the USA, read by Miriam Margoyles and available from Amazon.com.
Once upon a time, Megan, Alice and Bella shared the Tower Room. Theirs was an enchanted world, and the deep friendship that grew through the final year of school helped them to survive betrayal, treachery, jealousy and a terrible act of violence. Based on the fairytales of Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, this haunting trilogy explores our most turbulent emotions and speaks to our deepest memories. A compilation of THE EDGERTON TRILOGY [The Tower Room, Watching the Roses and Pictures of the Night] Red Fox Definitions, August 2005 Available from Amazon.co.uk The Golden family have congregated for Christmas in their grandmother's house. Laurie has invited his friend Carlo, and hopes for a chance to tell him of his feelings, but Carlo is more interested in Laurie's beautiful but distant sister, Marianne. Meanwhile, their cousin, Ellie, is sad that her father is absent and worried about her mother. Outside the house the air is soft with snow; inside it crackles with tension as family secrets come to light. Some are tragic and others embarrassing. Cut off from the outside world, will anything ever be the same again? 'a strange and delightful tale' ~ Philip Pullman, Guardian. Young Picador paperback. Available in October 2003 from Amazon.co.uk
These novels
are modern versions of the fairytales Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White.They feature three friends, Megan, Alice and Bella and are set in a boarding-school much like the one attended by the writer. The action takes place in 1962.
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Jane travels north to attend her niece's wedding. She's a potter and her present is crockery she has made herself. She finds love where she least expects it. A traditional love story. Available from Amazon.co.uk
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