Fiction Genres

The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award.

When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.

Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital.

But Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes for ever . . .

Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.

Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death. In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TV show called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK THREE

أكثر ما أرهقني، في التصاق كولمبس وامرأته بي، هو أنني لم أعد أجد وقتًا لمحاولة تخمينك، وكلما جلست مطأطأ النوم، وواسع الأرق، لأحياك كما أريد، وأحيك دسائس الحب وتوعكاته، وخسائره وانتصاراته، أفاجأ بجاريّ، شرهين وواسعي الابتسامات، يتسليان بعورات بيتي، المرأة تفتح خزانتي بلا مناسبة، وتغلقها، ترتب سريري بحسب ذوقها، تغسل أطباقًا للطعام، ربما تركتها متسخة، تنحني لتكنس غرفتي وصالتي الضيقة، تطبخ لي ما تعتقد أنني أفضله، ولا أتذوق منه الكثير حقيقة، وأنتبه إلى لهاثها المجنون، وأترجاها أن تكف ولا تكف، والزوج، منكفئًا على وسادتي، تلك التي طرزتها بدموعي وريالة العشق التي أسلتها، أيامًا طويلة، يلف مخدره من البانجو، في ورق شفاف، ويدخن، لدرجة أن مرور بعوضة عادية بالقرب من أنفه، أو منظر ذبابة عالقة في خيط عنكبوت على الحائط، يضحكه حد الدمع، وأصوات الطريق العابرة، من صراخ وسباب، ومناجاة، تضرجه بتفاعل غريب، يقفز على أثره من اتكاءته، يركض، وينضم لمشعلي أصوات الطريق. وحين يجلس في ركن محاضرات الحياة، في أول المساء، ويملأ المساحة المتمكنة من الليل، بصوته الرنان الدائخ من أثر المخدر، أتنفس بعمق، أتمنى لو كان اليوم كله محاضرات خيالية تافهة، حتى أقضيه أنا في خيالاتي الوارفة النظيفة.

In the Community, life seems perfect. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pioneer invited Lyla's family to join his group and escape the evil in the world. They were happy to be chosen, happy to move away from New York and start over in such an idyllic gated community. Now seventeen, Lyla knows that Pioneer is more than just their charismatic leader, he is their prophet . . . but his visions have grown dark.

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away.

Antoinette's World has fallen apart: her husband, the man she has loved for as long as she can remember, has died tragically in an accident. He was her rock, the man she turned to for love and support, the man she knew better than she knew herself. Or at least so she thought ...

Lindsay Boxer's beautiful baby is born! But after only a week at home with her new daughter, Lindsay is forced to return to work to face two of the biggest cases of her career.

Ash, Jace, and Gabe: three of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the country. They’re accustomed to getting anything they want. Anything at all. For Ash, it’s the woman who changes everything he’s ever known about dominance and desire...