CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2003
"First of a projected trilogy. (Fiction. 12-15)"
Reeve thinks big in this British prizewinner, envisioning a distant future in which immense mobile cities roar over continent-sized wastelands, preying on each other.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 23, 2003
"A ripping good yarn that introduces a new series. (Fiction. 10-15)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2003
"This one is breathtaking, bittersweet, and utterly unforgettable. (Fiction. YA)"
ADULT
Released: Oct. 1, 1999
"This will surely enthrall those who loved Berlie Doherty's Daughter of the Sea (1997). (Fiction. 10-14)"
From Billingsley (Well-Wished, 1997), an inventive and romantic fusion of the selkie tale with that of a nameless, hungry Folk who must be kept at bay.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 1996
"As rewarding, and as challenging, as The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (1994). (glossary, appendix, bibliography) (Fiction. 11-14)"
Farmer (Runnery Granary, p. 300, etc.) plunges readers deep into South African social and spiritual worlds in this tale of a Shona girl fleeing an arranged marriage.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 1996
"This first fantastic installment of the His Dark Materials trilogy propels readers along with horror and high adventure, a shattering tale that begins with a promise and delivers an entire universe. (Fiction. 12+)"
Pullman (The Tin Princess, 1994, etc.) returns to the familiar territory of Victorian England, but this time inhabits an alternate Earth, where magic is an ordinary fact of life.
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