Black Hearts In Battersea

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547530710

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Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken Pdf

In this hilarious classic adventure, an innocent boy and his friends must stop a plot to topple the King of England. Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew’s fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the resourceful waif Dido, Simon narrowly escapes a series of madcap close calls and dangerous run-ins. In a time and place where villains do nothing halfway, Simon is faced with wild wolves, poisoned pies, kidnapping, and a wrecked ship. This is a cleverly contrived tale of intrigue and misadventure. Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Roald Dahl “It’s a marvel!” —The New Yorker “A wild yarn, not to be put down once it is started.” —Washington Post “A riot of wildly improbable adventures happening to absurd and loveable characters with Dickensian names in a time that never was . . . Heartrending, hair-raising, rib-tickling, and delightful.” —New York Times

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Random House
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781448139897

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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken Pdf

Can you go a little faster? Can you run? Long ago, at a time in history that never happened, England was overrun with wolves. But as Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia discover, real danger often lies closer to home. Their new governess, Miss Slighcarp, doesn't seem at all nice. She shuts Bonnie in a cupboard, fires the faithful servants and sends the cousins far away from Willoughby Chase to a place they will never be found. Can Bonnie and Sylvia outwit the wicked Miss Slighcarp and her network of criminals, forgers and snitches? BACKSTORY: Find out a few things you didn't know about wolves and learn all about the wonderful world of the author.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Random House
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781409014904

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Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken Pdf

"Simon paid off the driver and turned to follow Mrs Twite. But she seemed to have locked the door behind her and, as he rattled the latch unavailingly and then rapped the locker, something dark and suffocating was forced down over his head and a pair of hands gripped his throat." Simon, coming to London to study painting with his old friend Dr Field, finds he has vanished without trace. Determined to discover what lies behind his disappearance, Simon is trapped in a fiendish plot. Why has his landlord got guns in his cellar and how does one deal with his irrepressible daughter, Dido . . .?

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Random House
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781409024682

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Night Birds On Nantucket by Joan Aiken Pdf

Shipwrecked Dido Twite, picked up by a whaling ship, finds herself many miles from home and facing deep troubles. Sinister Miss Slighcarp, the governess from Willoughby Chase, makes a reappearance, this time is cahoots with Hanoverian plotters who have a dastardly plan in mind.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Random House
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781409012320

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Midwinter Nightingale by Joan Aiken Pdf

King Richard, son of James III lies gravely ill and there are rumours that the king's enemy, the Duchess of Burgundy, is preparing an imminent invasion. The ancient crown of Alfred must be found so King Richard can pass it on to his successor. Is Simon, Duke of Battersea and friend of the king, next in line to the throne or will the evil werewolf Baron Magnus Rudh succeed in his plot to make his son, Lot, king? To add further complications, Dido Twite, held prisoner by the Baron and the Duchess, does not know the whereabouts of either Simon or the dying king: can she escape in time to find and warn them of the treachery afoot? This adventure with a truly galloping plot and breath-taking situations will delight all fans of Joan Aiken's books

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781409044598

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The Stolen Lake by Joan Aiken Pdf

Dido Twite, heroine of Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket, is on her wildest adventure yet. On her way back to London aboard the Thrush, Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. Her island is an infernal place where birds carry off men and fish eat human flesh. The queen is greatly distressed because a neighbouring king has stolen her lake. Dido faces fire, flood, wild beasts and, ultimately, threat of execution in order to get the lake back. Is she equal to the challenge? A rich mixture of legend, fantasy, humour and pure snowballing adventure.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Random House
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781448155316

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Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken Pdf

‘Wait, wait! Save us! What’ll we do?’ Simon is determined to become a painter when he grows up so he sets off to London to make his fortune. But the city is plagued by wolves and mysterious disappearances. The Twite household, where Simon is lodging, seems particularly shifty. Before he even gets a chance to open his glistening new paints Simon stumbles right into the centre of a plot to kill the King. And worse than that Simon is kidnapped and sent to sea! Luckily there are two friendly stowaways aboard – the feisty Dido Twite and the spoiled young Justin. But when the ship catches fire things look pretty dire. Can they escape? Will they save the king in time? BACKSTORY: Test your knowledge of Black Hearts in Battersea and play the name game.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547562384

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Dido and Pa by Joan Aiken Pdf

A teenage adventurer gets wrapped up in her father’s dastardly schemes in this children’s novel by the author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Dido Twite is finally back in London and reunited with her old friend Simon, now the Duke of Battersea and a favorite of King Richard. But no sooner does Dido start to settle in than her rascally father, Abednago, appears and drags her off into the night. Soon Dido finds herself caught in the midst of another dastardly conspiracy: a Hanoverian plot involving a mysterious double for the king, the miraculous healing powers of music, and a spy network made up of abandoned street children called lollpoops. Meanwhile, out in the forest, starving wolves are closing in on the city . . . Dido and Pa is the seventh book in the award-winning Wolves Chronicles, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781504018821

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Dangerous Games by Joan Aiken Pdf

Dido Twite, with the help of some sacred shaman healers, must foil a sinister plot to overthrow the king of a remote South Sea island healers Sailing the high seas in pursuit of Lord Herodsfoot, roving ambassador to the ageing King James III, Dido Twite’s search has led her to the remote South Sea island of Aratu. She arrives with a new friend she made en route, the enigmatic Dr. Talisman, who is returning to the isle after many years. Soon they discover that there’s something even more dangerous in the ancient rain forest than its poisonous pearl snakes, sting monkeys, and 30-foot-long crocodiles. Dido and Talisman are confronted by the Angrian invaders, who drove the Dilendi natives from their home 400 years earlier. Luckily, Dido befriends the gentle Forest People, who can heal with their magical touch. When she learns about a plot to overthrow the island’s suffering king, Dido enlists the Forest People to help her thwart the scheme, save the monarch, and reunite him with his long-lost daughter. Dangerous Games is the 5th book in the award-winning Wolves Chronicles, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Joan Aiken including rare images from the author’s estate.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780804150897

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The Witch of Clatteringshaws by Joan Aiken Pdf

Dido Twite’s sharp wits are put to the test in this new adventure in the Wolves Chronicles. After King Richard dies, Dido’s good pal Simon is put on the English throne, but he hates being cooped up in drafty St. James Palace, and his crusty old advisors won’t let him have any fun at all. If only another descendent of the king could be found, Simon would gladly be replaced. Never short a solution, Dido discovers a lead to another member of the royal line. But no one knows exactly who—or where—the child is. The masterful storyteller Joan Aiken once again invites readers into a spellbinding world of magic, mystery, and mayhem—with a dose of “proper” English hilarity, of course.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780141375540

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The Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series) by Joan Aiken Pdf

Prize winning WOLVES CHRONICLES PREQUEL reissued in A Puffin Book - All 12 Wolves books now in print for the first time ever. In THE WHISPERING MOUNTAIN by Joan Aiken, the small town of Pennygaff, the legendary Harp of Teirtu is found - and lost again. For young Owen Hughes and his friend Arabis, it is the start of a hair-raising race to save the harp from sinister Lord Malyn. As they struggle to keep it out of his hands, they are plunged into a wild adventure involving murder, kidnapping, underground worlds, savage beasts, floods, avalanche, the mysterious children of the Pit - and above all, a man who will stop at nothing to get the harp back again. Winner of the 1969 Guardian Fiction Award.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015011320770

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The Cuckoo Tree by Joan Aiken Pdf

As a result of an accident a young girl is faced with the responsibility of foiling a Hanoverian plot to put St. Paul's Cathedral on rollers and roll it into the River Thames during the coronation of James IV.

Author : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307558534

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A Necklace of Raindrops by Joan Aiken Pdf

Here are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that leap out of their books at night, and a wealth of other wonderful characters and ideas, all with the colorful, dreamlike quality of the very best fairy tales. Joan Aiken’s delicious prose is a joy to read aloud to very young listeners yet simple enough for the independent reader to savor on his or her own. Kevin Hawkes’s illustrations–nearly 60 of them–capture with great flair and fun the magical adventures and the triumph of the good over the bad.

Author : R J Barron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1838345922

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The Watcher and The Friend by R J Barron Pdf

Thirteen-year old Thomas Trelawney is plunged into the parallel world of Georgian Yngerlande and tasked with saving their tolerant, diverse world from a brutal uprising, using powers he never knew he possessed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:966107632

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Black Hearts in Battersea by Anonim Pdf