Polly Flint, a girl who sees things other people can't, finds herself involved with the "time gypsies" of Grimstone, inhabitants of a lost village who have become trapped in a time not their own.
Polly Flint, a girl who sees things other people can't, finds herself involved with the time gypsies of Grimstone, inhabitants of a lost village who have become trapped in a time not their own.
A portrait of five Concord, Massachusetts, writers whose works were at the center of mid-nineteenth-century American thought and literature evaluates their interconnected relationships, influence on each other's works, and complex beliefs.
A new edition of the much-loved classic story of time travel, ghosts and friendship. Even before she came to Belton, Minty Cane had known that she was a witch, or something very like it . . . Minty is the kind of girl who notices things. Pockets of cold air on a stairway. Cries on the wind. Ghosts. On night-time jaunts from the house where she's staying while her mother recovers from an accident, Minty stumbles upon a moondial which takes her back in time. She finds Tom, a sickly kitchen boy, and Sarah, a girl with a birthmark who is only allowed out at night because her family think she has the mark of the devil . . . Can Minty save her friends, or will she get stuck in the past . . .? 'Fresh and entertaining.' Publishers Weekly 'Carefully wrought and evanescent as a ghost story should be, this will be enjoyed by any admirer of Tom's Midnight Garden.' Kirkus
A warm, witty, and heartfelt retelling of ancient legend in pointedly modern terms. Roderick MacLeish's Prince Ombra has become a modern classic of its kind, taking its place beside such works as The Phantom Tollbooth and The Neverending Story as an outstanding example of modern myth-making at its best.
Everyone in the village where Lizzie lives thinks that she's a dreamer - so it's no wonder that they don't believe her when she says she's seen a witch. But Lizzie doesn't care because she knows it's true and having a witch for a friend makes life much more exciting. *Helen Cresswell is a well-known writer and has written more than forty books. She has adapted stories such as The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Demon Head master for television.
An economy drive makes the family miserable. This means no extravagant spending on luxury items, such as food. Beetroot and homegrown luttuce will be on the menu. Then fussy Great Aunt Lucy arrives - and things just get worse This is one of a series centred around the Bagthorpe family.