Smith, Dan – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:59:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Smith, Dan – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The creatures of Killburn Mine https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-creatures-of-killburn-mine/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=37318 A meteorite harbouring an alien lifeform crashes to Earth with horrifying consequences in this gruesome and gripping tale from master of creepy sci-fi Dan Smith. The fifth and final adventure in the Crooked Oak series.

]]> A meteorite harbouring an alien lifeform crashes to Earth with horrifying consequences in this gruesome and gripping tale from master of creepy sci-fi Dan Smith. The fifth and final adventure in the Crooked Oak series.

What’s slithering about deep underground ??

When a meteorite crashes to Earth near Crooked Oak, Pete, Nancy and Krish are determined to find it. But they’re not the only ones ?

After spotting one of their teachers up on the moor where the meteorite landed, they start to wonder if his strangely altered behaviour and appearance might be connected to the arrival from outer space. But nothing could prepare them for the horror they uncover deep down in Killburn Mine ?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

]]> The wall between us https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-wall-between-us/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-wall-between-us/ Berlin 1961. Anja and Monika are best friends - they even share a cat called Otto. But a huge barbed wire fence is built between their apartment blocks - dividing the whole city: the Berlin Wall. Then, Anja discovers that Otto has found a way across. And if he can reach Monika, so can she ...]]>

 

A stunning, exciting story from acclaimed author Dan Smith – author of the Carnegie Medal-nominated  Nisha’s War.  

BERLIN 1961

Anja and Monika live opposite each other. They play together every day, with Otto the cat.

One night they wake up to bangs and shouts. Soldiers are building a huge barbed wire fence between them. A terrible forever wall that gets longer and higher until it divides the whole city.

On the East side, Monika is scared – neighbours are becoming spies and there are secret police everywhere.

It’s Anja who spots that Otto has found a way across. If he can visit Monika, then perhaps she can too.

But Anja gets trapped and there’s no safe way back . . .

An emotional, atmospheric story from Carnegie Medal-nominated author Dan Smith

  • From the author of  Nisha’s War,  My Friend the Enemy  and  She Wolf
  • A high-stakes adventure, set during the Cold War, centred on two cousins separated when the Berlin Wall is built  
  • Perfect for readers aged 9 and up who may be studying the Cold War at school

 

PRAISE FOR DAN SMITH:

‘Action, adventure, wolves, snow ? this story has EVERYTHING. I devoured it so quickly I need to read it again.’ EMMACARROLL on She Wolf

‘This book grabbed me from page one – highly recommended’ HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY on My Friend the Enemy
]]> The terror of Hilltop House https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-terror-of-hilltop-house/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-terror-of-hilltop-house/ A ground-breaking experiment at the new research farm at Hilltop House goes very wrong in this modern take on Day of the Triffids from master of creepy sci-fi Dan Smith.

]]> When Pete, Krish and Nancy read a story in the local paper about weird gunk being found in a field where sheep have gone missing next to Hilltop House, they’re sure there’s a mystery to be investigated. The new research farm at Hilltop is working on the creation of new bio-fuels, but when a storm knocks out the power in the local area and something escapes from the farm, it’s clear that the research has gone horribly wrong ? Can the brave trio save the village in their most terrifying adventure yet?

]]> Nisha’s War https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/nishas-war/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=19686 Nisha and her mother, Amma, flee the war in Malaya to take refuge at her father's ancestral home in England. Here, however, Nisha must follow her stern grandmother's countless rules - and most of all ignore the ghost child beckoning her from the weeping tree high on the cliff top ...]]>  

From acclaimed author Dan Smith comes a page-turning, atmospheric ghost story packed full of adventure and heart …

‘What a story … absolutely gripping’ EMMA CARROLL

‘An enchanting, beautifully crafted wartime tale’ALLY SHERRICK

Malaya, 1942. Nisha’s home is destroyed by war and she and her mother, Amma, flee to her father’s ancestral house in England, perched on a cliff top on the cold Northern coast.

When Amma falls gravely ill, Nisha is left to face her formidable grandmother alone. Grandmother’s rules are countless, and her Anglo-Indian granddaughter is even forbidden from climbing the old weeping tree.

But when a ghost child beckons Nisha to sit under its boughs, and promises her Amma’s life in return for three truths, its pull proves irresistible …

  • A thrilling historical ghost story; full of adventure, grief, guilt, forgiveness and belonging
  • A fresh angle on a wartime story: the prejudice Nisha faces as a refugee feels particularly relevant today
  • Perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and Emma Carroll

Praise for Dan Smith:

‘Action, adventure, wolves, snow … this story has EVERYTHING. I devoured it so quickly I need to read it again.’ EMMA CARROLL on She Wolf

‘This book grabbed me from page one – highly recommended’ HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY on My Friend the Enemy

 

]]> The Horror of Dunwick Farm https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-horror-of-dunwick-farm/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=19150 Animals behaving oddly, people falling suddenly ill - something strange is happening in Crooked Oak and it all started with a plane crash ... Crooked Oak's mystery-solving team return with another spine-tingling adventure, perfect for fans of Crater Lake.

]]> A mystery is  growing  at Dunwick Farm and it all started with a plane crash …  Crooked Oak’s mystery-solving team return with another spine-tingling adventure,  perfect for fans of Stranger Things  and Crater Lake.

When an unidentified plane crashes in the fields next to Dunwick Farm in Crooked Oak, it quickly becomes clear that it was carrying some unusual cargo.

As people in the town fall suddenly ill and animals start behaving strangely, friends Pete, Krish and Nancy try to find out what was in the glass boxes on board the plane. But as they uncover the facts, the trio realise that they are becoming entangled in a terrifying web …

]]> The Invasion of Crooked Oak https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-invasion-of-crooked-oak/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-invasion-of-crooked-oak/ Crooked Oak is under attack from a dangerous foe, and it looks like Pete, Krish and Nancy are the only ones who can stop it ... Stranger Things meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this thrilling sci-fi adventure. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic students aged 8+

]]> Stranger Things meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this fast-paced, horror adventure with an ecological twist.

Something sinister is  happening in Crooked Oak ?

Ever since the fracking site closed, Nancy’s  parents have been acting weird. Their eyes are  blank, they won’t eat – it’s like they’re no longer  themselves. And now the symptoms are  affecting others as well …

Nancy and her friends Pete and Krish are  determined to find out what’s going on. But the  deeper they dig, the scarier the mystery gets.  A dark presence is spreading its tendrils across  Crooked Oak. Can they stop it before it takes  over the whole town?

]]> She Wolf https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/she-wolf/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/she-wolf/

 

A gripping fusion of action, revenge and Norse legend from award-winning author Dan Smith!

‘Nothing is as it first appears in this gripping tale of survival.’ OBSERVER

‘Action, adventure, wolves, snow … this story has EVERYTHING. I devoured it so quickly I need to read it again.’ EMMA CARROLL

‘Another stunning and original read from a master storyteller.‘ BOOKTRUST

‘She Wolf  is defined by its masterly prose as much as by its thrilling story.‘  THE IRISH TIMES

A young Viking girl is swept by a storm on to a desolate English beach. Cruelly orphaned there, Ylva becomes set on revenge, tracking a killer through dangerous hinterland.

She wants only the favour of the Norse gods and the comfort of her stories. But when a stranger decides to protect Ylva – seeming to understand her where others cannot – Ylva must decide if her own legend will end in vengeance or forgiveness …

  • A startlingly original, emotional and action-packed adventure set in the dark ages.
  • Our unforgettable main character, Viking girl Ylva, is pulled into an unforgettable adventure as she seeks vengeance – aided by a wolf companion!
  • Perfect for readers aged nine and up.
]]> 100 Places You Will Never Visit https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/100-places-you-will-never-visit/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/100-places-you-will-never-visit/