Alan Garner

From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Childrenâ??s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service Roland, Helen, Nicholas and David, four Manchester children, are led into Elidor, a twilight world almost destroyed by fear and darkness.

Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or about the year 1755. The print of a woman's shoe was found by his side in the snow where he lay dead.

An exploration of the inevitability of life. Visions torment Tom, Macey and Thomas as they struggle with age-old forces. Can those they love keep them clinging to reality? Or is the future destined to reflect the past?

The sequel to "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen". It is the Eve of Gomrath - the night of the year when the Old Magic is aroused. Had Colin and Susan known this, they would never have lighted a fire on the Beacon, releasing the uncontrollable ferocity of the Wild Hunt.

It all begins with the scratching in the ceiling. From the moment Alison discovers the dinner service in the attic, with its curious pattern of floral owls, a chain of events is set in progress that is to effect everybody's lives.

Boggarts and gowks, fools and hobgoblins are only some of the strange and wonderful creatures in this collection of 22 stories chosen from the folklore of England and Wales.

In a secluded Welsh valley ringed by wild mountains, the characters and quarrels of three young people unfold as a tragic legend recurs. Two rivals in love once killed each other, leaving successive generations to play out the terror.

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Chased by strange figures on Alderley Edge, Colin and Susan are saved by the Wizard, who takes them deep into the caves of Fundindelve. There sleeps a band of knights, until the hour when they must rise and fight the evil Nastrond. The author's other children's novels include "The Owl Service".