A story of rags to almost riches and misery to happiness. Mouse is a first-class hero, downtrodden and pathetic, who comes up trumps in the end. Stephen Elboz won the Smarties Young Judges Award for his first book, "The House of Rats".

The Bottle Boy

Elboz, Stephen

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollins, Publishers

One damp foggy morning, the man who called himself the master threw down his napkin and strode out of the great house never to return. The safe routines disappeared, the wolves became a threat and inside the house other people began to take over the children's lives.

The House of Rats

Oxford University Press

Esther, Zachary, Carl and Frankie are happy, living in the mysterious great house, until suddenly The Master vanishes and everything changes. The children find themselves in real danger, until they meet the "Rats" and learn to find sanctuary. The recipient of the Smarties 9-11 Judges Prize.

The House of Rats (Archway Novels)

Kit is the son of the Queen's witchdoctor and takes his best friend, Prince Henry, on a night-time ride on his magic carpet. When Henry falls into a werewolf den and is bitten, Kit is forbidden to see him but decides he must rescue his friend and prove to the Queen that magic is still alive.

A Handful of Magic

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Temmi is furious when the Witch-Queen's soldiers come to the village to steal one of the flying bears-even more so when he discovers that they've taken Cush, the youngest cub, who is Temmi's favourite bear. Temmi is determined to rescue Cush, but instead finds himself captured and taken to the Ice Castle where he will be a prisoner too. Escape seems impossible - unless Temmi can somehow win over the ice-hearted Queen. First published in 1998, this novel is now reissued in a smaller mass-market format.

Temmi and the Flying Bears (Oxford Fantasy)

Harker, Lesley

The great house has become a dangerous place since the master mysteriously vanished. Wolves prowl around in the snow outside, hungry and howling, while inside the house, the horrible Aphid Dunn has taken charge. Esther and the boys wonder if things can get any worse, when they discover a new world.

The House of Rats (Oxford Fantasy)

When Ewan goes to stay with Doctor Malthus he meets Ziggy - a ghost. And Ewan knows that where there is one ghost, there are bound to be others. When ghost-nappers capture Ziggy and his friends and imprison them at Ghostlands, the local theme park, it is up to Ewan to try and set them free.

Ghostlands

Genre Fiction

This is a fast-moving fantasy story about what happens when two orphans, Nathan and Sam, swap places. Sam runs off with a circus, and Nathan finds himself in the strangest kind of school where no one learns anything and an odd scientist in the tower wants to enlist his help in contacting life from outer space. Set in the author's own idiosyncratic version of nineteenth-century England, this is an amusing and exciting adventure. Stephen Elboz lives in Northamptonshire and divides his time between teaching and writing. His first book, The House of Rats, won the Smarties Young Judges Prize for the 9-11 category. The Tower at Moonville is now being reissued in a smaller, mass-market paperback format.

The Tower at Moonville

The first in a series of books about the adventures of Kit Stixby and his friend, Prince Henry.Kit has a magic carpet. He and his best friend, Prince Henry, spend wonderful nights flying across London looking for adventure. And they find it! Among the werewolves in the Tower of London. But Prince Henry falls into terrible danger and Kit must rescue his friend, and brave the horrors ofthe tunnels beneath London . . .* An author to recommend to readers who've enjoyed the Harry Potter books.* This book is being published in mass market format with a new cover to coincide with the launch, in trade paperback, of the second in the series, "A Land Without Magic".* This book has sold well in trade paperback and was the Guardian's book of the month.* Exciting OUP author with a growing reputation.* More titles to come in this series.

Children's Books

Oxford Univ. Pr.

The second in a series of books about Kit Stixby and his friend, Prince Henry, which started with A Handful of Magic.The evil Stafford Sparks has escaped from prison, and he's coming after Kit. Kit must flee the country and so decides to go with his friend, Prince Henry, to the tiny country of Callalabasa. But will he be any safer here where enchantment is banished and the Knights of the League Against Magic areplotting to destroy the country?

A Land Without Magic

Teen & Young Adult

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The Bottle Boy

The House of Rats

The House of Rats (Archway Novels)

A Handful of Magic

Temmi and the Flying Bears (Oxford Fantasy)

The House of Rats (Oxford Fantasy)

Ghostlands

The Tower at Moonville

A Handful of Magic

A Land Without Magic