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Rollercoasters: Scavengers
Oxford University Press
2020
164 kr
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Landfill is a boy raised with animals behind the walls of Hinterland -an industrial landscape succumbing to weeds and wild flowers. His guardian, a tormented scavenger called Babagoo, protects him from the horrors of Outside, on one condition - follow his rules: NEVER COME LOOKING OUTSIDE. NEVER RISE ABOVE THE WALL. But as he gets older, Landfill's curiosity is winning out over obedience and he begins to question whether Outside is deserving of such fear andloathing. And when Landfill finally meets an Outsider named Dawn, his world is turned upside down as he learns that the Hinterland isn't what it seems and that Babagoo hasn't being telling him the whole truth...
Scavengers
AvDarren Simpson
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
106 kr
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A unique coming-of-age story with a jaw-dropping secret at its heart, Scavengers is an unforgettable, contemporary twist on The Jungle Book meets Stig of the Dump."Extraordinary...a hugely compassionate and sophisticated novel about inclusion and exclusion." - The Observer"Stayed with me long after I finished it...a hard-to-put-down tale of tweenage derring-do." - The GuardianA Guardian/Observer Best Book of the YearNominated for the Northern Ireland Book AwardA School Librarian Best Book by a Debut AuthorSelected for the Summer Reading Challenge Selected for Empathy Lab's Read for Empathy CollectionLandfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflings, swimming with turtles and feasting on whatever he can catch.Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition. Follow Babagoo's rules. And the most important rule of all is NEVER go beyond the wall. But Landfill longs to venture Outside. And some rules are made to be broken. Darren Simpson's exhilarating storytelling will make you think about the world differently in this urgent, compelling tale for our times.
Memory Thieves
AvDarren Simpson
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
106 kr
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Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022What you don't remember can't hurt you...Cyan has lived at the Elsewhere Sanctuary for as long as he can remember, freed by Dr Haven from dark memories of his past life. But when Cyan finds a mysterious warning carved into the bones of a whale skeleton, he starts to wonder what he had to forget to be so happy. New resident, Jonquil, begins to resist the sanctuary's treatment, preferring to hold on to her memories - even the bad ones. So when Dr Haven resorts to harsher measures, Cyan embarks on a secret mission to discover the truth about the sanctuary...and himself."Marvellously visual and gripping" - A. M. Howell
Furthermoor
AvDarren Simpson
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
106 kr
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The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured at home. Ever since his sister Evie died in an accident, Bren's only safe space is Furthermoor, an imagined world of mechanised trees and clockwork animals, where Evie is still alive. In Furthermoor, no one can hurt Bren...until the mysterious Featherly arrives.Now Bren is forced to confront his deepest fears and decide if his place in the real world is worth fighting for.Enter a world as vast and dark as your imagination, in this unforgettable coming-of-age story about courage, friendship and finding your voice.
Thirst
AvDarren Simpson
Häftad, Engelska, 2025, 12-15 år
122 kr
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'Gripping, gruesome, dark and dripping' A.F. Harold
Nobody talks about the strange happenings in Maimsbury. No one speaks of the hooded figures glimpsed in the woods, nor the children's game that went so horribly wrong. But most of all, nobody dares whisper their doubts about the river they have worshipped for centuries.
Like everyone in Maimsbury, Gorse is used to the sacrifices made every spring to the River Yeelde. The life of a farm animal - in return for a year of plenty - seems a fair trade. That is, until a tragedy leads Gorse to a blood-curdling discovery.
Because this year is a Brim Year, and after giving so much, the river needs more than an animal's life to sate its thirst...
PRAISE FOR THIRST:
'A gripping tale infused with dark secrets and superstitions' Phil Hickes, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones
'What a story! Properly creepy Wicker Man vibes with seemingly effortless world building and characters you'll take to your heart. Loved it' Jennifer Killick, author of Crater Laker
'This gruesomely imagined folk horror is the most brilliantly dark and dangerously fun book I've read all year' Keith Gray, author of Creepers
Lykewise
AvDarren Simpson
Häftad, Engelska, 2026, 9-12 år
112 kr
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Don't look too closely into the mirror.
It may look back...
The village of Harrowmere is plagued by strangeness: foggy boglands, eerie wraithlights and the legend of Grasping Jack. So how could local boy Dunn Caulkner have known that the darkest threat of all would come from a mirror?
Nobody questions the travelling salesman touting looking glasses. Nor do Dunn and his friends see any harm in a ritual said to reveal your true self. After all, what could be dangerous about a reflection?
The answer is everything...
Praise for Lykewise:
'This is everything I could ask for from a middle-grade horror... Sophisticated, spooky and smart' Jack Mackay, author of Gloam
'This eerie work of genius proves why Darren Simpson is the king of middle-grade horror!' Elle McNicoll, author of A Kind of Spark
'Perfect for fans of the Aveline Jones series, Lykewise will leave you thinking twice before you look in the mirror' Scope for Imagination

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