Monster Books – The Bell Bookshop

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Emma — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Alice in Wonderland meets Oscar Wilde a modern day fable.Nancys mother is having a baby and it is making her ill; Nancys father is angry with her mother because they cant afford the baby; Nancy is angry with everyone.Then she starts to see things that should only happen in fairytales. Is Buk a sign she is going mad or is he there to save her?

Angel of Mons

Emma — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Ben's father is in prison and his mum, a former child genius, is barely hanging on to her sanity. When Ben and his classmates are nearly killed in a coach crash in Belgium, Ben starts to experience flashbacks: visitations to the brutal start of World War 1 and the uncertain world of Corporal Sam Lyle. Is Ben going mad too, like his mum, or is there another reason why he finds himself in a war zone in 1914? Who is the spectral figure that haunts both the boy and the soldier? Do angels exist?

Hairy Hand

Emma — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Septimus feels out-of-place in his village, where everyone else his age is called Garp, Darg, Smerg or Blaarg. Good, honest names that sound like you have just swallowed something pointy or are sneezing into custard. Even his parents make him feel like a complete stranger (especially his parents). Then he inherits something strange and frightening from his uncle. A Hairy Hand. It has the magical ability to find buried treasure, which suits his parents (thieves by trade) down to the ground. However, instead of making his life better, things suddenly gets a lot more dangerous. So it is up to Sept to find out what else the Hand knows, and put things right.