Susan Price

'Electrifying . . . breathtaking.' The Times'Truly stunning and original.' Kirkus'Highly original, multidimensional tale.' Booklist'Richly emotional and lavishly written.' TLSThis stunning Carnegie-winning tale takes us to a world of darkness and ice, where a shaman and a prince fight for their freedom.In the darkest hour of a freezing Midwinter, a night-walking witch adopts a newborn baby and carries her off in her house on chicken legs. She names her Chingis and teaches her the Three Magics. She grows into such a powerful witch that she rouses the jealousy of Kuzma, the bear-shaman.The Czar of this cold realm fears his newborn son, Safa, will out do him, and so imprisons the baby at the top of a tall tower, to live and die there without ever glimpsing the real world. Loneliness and confinement drive him to rage and despair until Chingis hears the crying of his trapped spirit and frees him.But now their enemies unite against them, with steel and deadly magic. Chingis and Safa's quest for freedom will take them even through the Ghost World into the Land of the Dead.A timeless and atmospheric tale of fierce magic.

Game Changers have the skills, courage and power to change the world! Read about eight game-changing scientists who all shared the same motto in life: 'nullius in verba' - 'take no one's word for it'. They asked the questions and gathered the evidence that shaped our understanding of modern science. From Isaac Newton who established the laws of motion still used by engineers and scientists today, to Marie Curie, who won two Nobel prizes in recognition of her work on radiation and radioactivity, and Tu YouYou, the Chinese scientist who discovered a cure for malaria that has saved millions of lives. Game Changers: Super Scientists is part of the Reading Planet range of books for Stars (Lime) to Supernova (Red+) band. Children aged 7-11 will be inspired to love reading through the gripping stories and fascinating information books created by top authors. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Reading age: 10-11 years

Why does Ivar's family always send him away at Christmas?Why are they so poor, when they work so hard? What is the black cat's secret? Ivar is determined to discover the truth - but soon finds himself in terrible danger. A lively, slightly scary tale for Christmas and New Year, based on a traditional fairy-story and retold by Carnegie medal-winning writer Susan Price with atmospheric illustrations by Andrew Price. Originally published by A&C Black, this is an excellent gift for Christmas' quieter moments.

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. During a bad winter in Viking-age Scotland, Fari finds a polar bear cub that drifted to shore on an ice floe. He raises the cub and teaches her tricks. They soon become inseparable – but as the bear grows and grows, she is no longer welcome in Fari’s home. Follow Fari as he embarks on a journey to save his friend in this beautiful historic tale by Susan Price. Lime Plus/Band 11+ books provide challenging plots and vocabulary as well as opportunities to practise inference, prediction and reading stamina. Pages 46 and 47 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

"You love me, don't you, Jonnie?""You'd better love me."p>I didn't mean to hurt you. I just get scared. I've got nobody but you."And you're alive.""I love you, Jonnie. I'll never let you go. I love you to death."The Industrial Revolution blackens the countryside.Women and children hack at coal underground and drag loaded tubs like animals.Rattle is one of them: a dirty, pipe-smoking, swearing collier-wench who dresses and swaggers like a boy.But Rattle is in love with Jonathan Turner, a young farmer and a prim, God-fearing Methodist.Rattle is determined to have him. But he's already married.To a vengeful ghost.

A childless old couple love their kitten so much, they decide to have him educated.They pay their vicar to teach Thomas his letters.But the vicar is a cruel man. He takes their money but he kills their kitten.Year after year he makes them work to pay Thomas' 'school-fees.'When he leaves for London, the vicar plays one last, cruel trick. He tells the old pair that their Thomas has run away to sea -- but that they will find him in London, at the Miching Mouse Inn. The vicar laughs to think of the old couple travelling to London to search for a man and an inn that don't exist.But when the old pair reach London, they have strange good luck...Based on an old folk-tale, this is a heart-warming tale by Susan Price, the award winning writer of 'The Wolf's Footprint' and 'The Ghost Drum.'(Originally published by A&C Black.)

Sarah's Gran Gornal is a witch.So is her Uncle Bryan.Sarah's parents won't let her have a dog because of the cost of feeding it and taking it to the vet.Uncle Bryan says he'll make her one that won't need food or the vet.He makes her a bone-dog. Sarah finds she can make it do anything she wants.Even bad things that she knows she shouldn't do...And Sarah starts to enjoy her new-found power...

This Read with Oxford Stage 4 story collection contains four traditional tales: The Frog Prince; How the Bear Lost his Tail; Monkey's Magic Pipe; and Yoshi the Stonecutter. This beautifully-illustrated book with clear phonics progression is ideal for children who are gaining more reading confidence. These well-loved traditional tales from around the world have been rewritten so that children can read them for themselves. They are expertly levelled and in line with children's phonics learning at school. In additional to the stories, the collection offers tips for reading the stories together, extended story texts that parents can read aloud to their child, and story maps that children can use to help retell the story in their own words. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Find practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on oxfordowl.co.uk. Let's get them flying!

ELFGIFT, the elf's get and the Goddess' darling, fights to keep his throne.If he loses, he loses everything: crown, love and life.Elfgift's Christian half-brother, Unwin, will never be satisfied untilElfgift is dead. He vows that, on capturing Elfgift, he will hand him to his Danish allies to be sacrificed to Odin. The sacrifice of the blood-eagle.It's a gruelling war, but Elfgift is sustained by the love of the Goddess he fights for...until he asks that the life of his brother, Wulfweard, be spared.Wulfweard's life is owed to Odin and the Goddess tells him he must choose: will he have Her at his side, or his brother?A brief truce, to celebrate Jul and Christ's Mass, ends in brutal treachery. Elfgift falls into Unwin's power. Will the Goddess now come to his aid or has She deserted him?A Dark-Age, Gothic fantasy.First published by Scholastic.

Kveldulf Witch is a promise-breaking killer. He is not a good man to deal with.When Kveldulf's raven tells him that the Queen of Ultima-Thule is searching for a husband, Kveldulf decides that he will be the man the queen marries.He is certain the Queen will fall in love with him when she hears of the many battles he has fought in.He orders the best story-teller in Iceland to make his story and tell it before the Queen.But the story-teller, Thord Cat, refuses.Kveldulf is furious.In revenge, he makes and unleashes a terrifying monster...Set in the Iceland of the Viking Age and originally published by A&C Black, this is an exciting story for ages 8-10, written by award-winning author Susan Price, who also wrote the best-selling 'The Wolf's Footprint.'

This study, first published in 1990, presents a comprehensive description of the comparative constructions of Spanish and French, and shows that the apparently numerous differences in their syntactic realisations can be accounted for by general constraints on the expression of comparison. There is also a discussion of parallel constructions in other Romance languages, showing that these languages display a range of constructions equally compatible with the suggested pattern of possibilities resulting from the general constraints proposed. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

Paul loves beautiful girls and poetry. He's courageous enough to recite sonnets to the Hell's Angels in the Hailstone Inn. So when Zione, black and gorgeous, appears in his audience, he's well pleased. When she invites him into the yard, he doesn't hesitate. But in the yard, Zione calls up green fire and things become very strange... Waking in a strange bed is, for him, nothing new but he's never found himself sharing one with a dragon before. A small dragon, but still. A dragon. It turns out Zione is a sorceress and she's kidnapped Paul to perform poetry for a big poetry lover./ A poetry lover who's devoured almost the whole of the Oxford Book of Poetry. In the most literal sense. Can Paul survive the performance? Can he win back to his beloved lost world of pubs, pints and crisps? A light-hearted fantasy of poetry, sorcery, dragons -- and wrapping paper.

Kenelm is an Atheling, a prince of the Blood-Royal. A descendent of the god, Woden. His uncle is the King. Kenelm had thought to live his life as a warrior: fighting, feasting and marrying a beautiful princess. But his uncle gave him to a monastery, to live and die as a Christian monk. Kenelm feels betrayed but is bound by his oath of loyalty to his king. So he digs the monastery's vegetable garden and dreams of the life he might have had. Then comes a message from the king. He has a mission that only Kenelm can undertake. Kenelm must carry a royal message into the dark wood. To the Wolf Sisters As beautiful, fierce and terrifying as Nature itself. Originally published by Scholastic as part of their Point Horror series.

Zoe wants her dead boyfriend back.She's heard all about Elizabeth Beckerdyke. About her being a witch. About her speaking to the dead.Maybe she can raise the dead too?So Zoe goes knocking on the witch's door.Duncan is homeless, a rough sleeperHe's looking for a new life. He fears the witch and he fears for Zoe.Elizabeth Beckerdyke wants to prove her power.But can she control what she leads back from the land of the dead?A dark, disturbing novel of the occult by the award-winning author of The Sterkarm Handshake

Under a freezing Arctic sky, a wolf carries a baby to a remote village.Taken in by the villagers and named 'Vulchanok' or 'Little Wolf', the lost baby grows into a happy little boy.But night after night, his dreams are walked by his rescuer, the wolf-witch. She leads him to the Ghost World and makes him a shaman.The villagers begin to fear him and he grows into a lonely man -- until a young wolf-witch comes from the forest and claims him as her mate.But Vulchanok longs for more human company and, by firelight, looks for visions in the spinning of an ice-apple.In a distant city he sees a lovely girl as lonely as himself, imprisoned in a small room. Shrugging on his falcon skin, he flies to find her.When a falcon drums its wings against her window, Kristiana opens it -- and is astonished when the hawk lights on the floor and turns into a man. She and Vulchanok are soon in love.But Kristiana's brother, Glev, will never allow her to marry a dirty northern huntsman -- and Vulchanok's wolf-wife is fiercely jealous.Can the lovers survive the hatred and jealousy surrounding them?A Gothic RomanceBook 4 of the Ghost World sequence

This study, first published in 1990, presents a comprehensive description of the comparative constructions of Spanish and French, and shows that the apparently numerous differences in their syntactic realisations can be accounted for by general constraints on the expression of comparison. There is also a discussion of parallel constructions in other Romance languages, showing that these languages display a range of constructions equally compatible with the suggested pattern of possibilities resulting from the general constraints proposed. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

Little Billy Goat Gruff says, "Some of our words and letters have fallen out of our book The color has been lost too Please, can you help us? Color us in again and put all our words back together. Thanks This activity book accompanies the retelling, by Carnegie Medal winning author Susan Price, of the old favourite 'Three Billy Goats Gruff.'First, enjoy reading the story, with its funny illustrations and repeated phrases.Then open this book and color-in the illustrations - and see if you can help the goats by filling in the missing words and letters.While small people will enjoy being read the story and coloring-in large letters spelling 'Eat him ' they won't appreciate, as bigger people do, how much they're learning.Learning to listen and absorbing the pattern of stories is highly educational. Listening is a learned skill, and these old stories teach empathy as they increase vocabulary.Closely observing the shape and grouping of letters in order to copy them into the blank spaces - with loving help from adults, of course - prepares children for both reading and writing. It makes children comfortable with books and pens, while the repetition of the task helps them memorise letters and spellings.Research* has shown that children who are read stories at home before starting school, and who are encouraged to draw and color-in and do such simple 'missing word' exercises, start school with the equivalent of two years advantage in education.* See the work of Dr. David Rose.

Create a fond memory of parent and child, cuddling together and giggling as they turn the pages of 'Three Billy Goats Gruff.'Susan Price, who wrote the words, is a well-known writer for children and young people, who won the prestigious Carnegie medal for her work. Andrew Price is an accomplished graphic artist who provides illustrations full of humour, colour and character.This well-known, traditional story of 'Three Billy Goats Gruff' tells how the goats outwit a troll and live to feast on the greener grass at the other side of the bridge.Each page is packed with detail. It's told in a vivid, comic-book style, with sound-effects arching across pages and the words in many speech-bubbles begging to be shouted aloud. Plenty of opportunity to enjoy making a noise together The text is short, but full of repeated phrases and rhymes. Children will soon be able to join in the telling, as well as learning to recognise many of the printed words.Early prowess in reading pays dividends throughout a child's education: and learning to listen to and follow a story is a valuable skill in itself. Encouraging a love of stories and reading is perhaps the greatest boost a parent can give to their child's education - as well as the opportunity to be close and enjoy the tale.If you and your child love reading funny, exciting, page-turning picture-books together, then you'll both love Susan and Andrew Price's fresh retelling of 'Three Billy Goats Gruff.'Buy 'Three Billy Goats Gruff' by Susan and Andrew Price for cuddles and giggles today There's also a Three Billy Goats' Activity Book where children can colour in the pictures and help Little Goat fill in words and letters missing from the story. Very good for reading and writing practice

Ten-year-old Sandy's childhood ends when his mother sells him to a farmer who half-starves and beats him. Sandy's life as a 'bonder' is unbearable. He runs away home but his mother makes him return- to another beating.So he runs away for good, away from the farm and from home.Alone on the road, penniless, Sandy is lucky to find friends: Spot and Patch, two drover's dogs, who are making their way home all by themselves.With no idea where they are going, Sandy joins them, following them across Scotland, through a wild landscape of loch and mountain, to the Hebridean island of Mull in the West.When the dogs lead him to their croft, Sandy's deepest wish seems to have come true: he, too, has found a loving home.He is happier at Lachlan's croft than he thought he could be, until someone spitefully tells him that he is not liked or wanted there at all. Unwelcome, he takes to the road again. But without his four-legged friends. Will he go through his whole life friendless and lonely? Susan Price is an acclaimed writer of books for the young. She has won the Carnegie medal and the Guardian Fiction prize and her books have been translated into many languages.