In the bitter cold of an unrelenting winter Tomas and his son, Peter, arrive in Chust and despite the inhospitability of the villagers settle there as woodcutters. Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut so they have their own little island kingdom.  Peter doesn't understand why his father has done this, nor why his father carries a long battered box everywhere they go, and why he is forbidden to know its mysterious contents. But when a band of gypsies comes to the village Peter's drab existence is turned upside down.  He is infatuated by the beautiful gypsy princess, Sofia, intoxicated by their love of life and drawn into their deadly quest.  For these travellers are Vampire Slayers and Chust is a dying community - where the dead come back to wreak revenge on the living.  Amidst the terrifying events that follow, Peter is stunned to see his father change from a disillusioned man to the warrior hero he once was. Marcus draws on his extensive research of the vampire legend which permeates traditions throughout the world and sets his story in the forbidding and remote landscapes of the 17th century. Written in his usual distinctive voice, this is also the story of a father and his son, of loss, redemption and resolution.

My Swordhand Is Singing (Collins Readers)

Literature & Fiction

Marcus Sedgwick

Genre Fiction

Collins Educational

Rollercoasters: Revolver

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Oxford University Press

The Book of Dead Days

BOOKS ON TAPE]

A sealed train speeds through the night around the outskirts of wartime London. As it passes through a dimly-lit station without stopping, a note is thrown out on to the platform. What is happening to the men on board? Why do they have to resort to such a desperate method of contacting their loved ones? This is the story of Howard Marten and Alfred Evans, two young men who refused to join the army in the First World War. They suffered imprisonment and punishment, because they believed it was wrong to kill. Sent to the front line in France, they were told to obey or face the firing squad. But they escaped execution, and were sent to jail instead. The 'conchies' had achieved a victory, of sorts. The government at last acknowledged the right of men like Marten and Evans to refuse to fight.

Cowards

History

World

Hodder Children`S Books

Midwinterblood

Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined―this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice. 
An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood? From award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick comes a book about passion and preservation and ultimately an exploration of the bounds of love. 
This title has Common Core connections.
A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013 A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013

Teen & Young Adult

Listening Library

Floodland

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Tandem Library

Outremer: Jaufre Rudel and the Countess of Tripoli - A Legend of the Crusades

Fisher King P.

A moving anthology of stories inspired by objects from the First World War, illustrated by Jim Kay. The Great War is a powerful collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. From a soldier's writing case to the nose of a Zeppelin bomb, each object illuminates an aspect of life during the war, and each story reminds us of the millions of individual lives that were changed forever by the four years of fighting. This remarkable book is illustrated by the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Jim Kay. Featuring new work from: ** AL Kennedy ** Tracy Chevalier ** Michael Morpurgo ** David Almond ** Marcus Sedgwick ** Adele Geras ** Ursula Dubosarsky ** John Boyne ** Timothée de Fombelle ** Sheena Wilkinson ** Tanya Lee Stone **

The Great War: Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War

Timothée de Fombelle

MICHAEL MORPURGO

A.L. Kennedy

John-Boyne

David Almond

Tanya Lee Stone

Tracy-Chevalier

Ursula Dubosarsky

Jim Kay

Adele, Geras

Sheena Wilkinson

WALKER BOOKS LTD.

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black

Julian Sedgwick

Walker Books

Flood And Fang *custom 2012*

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