'A lyrical examination of how women carve lives out of a male-dominated society, even with a war looming that will change everyone. I was surprised and moved' Tracy Chevalier'With echoes of Daphne du...

Provence, May 1889. The hospital of Saint-Paul-de Mausole is home to the mentally ill. An old monastery, it sits at the foot of Les Alpilles mountains amongst wheat fields, herbs and olive groves. For...

In the city of the dead, a dreamer awakens.... Young Babak has a magnificent gift: He can dream the future. Mitra, his brave older sister, is sworn to protect him. For them to survive living on the...

The first time Eliza sees Wah Chung, he is squatting beside some rocks on the pathway to her island. Eliza's island is the one on which the lighthouse -- operated and maintained by her father -- stands,...

"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight." Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows what she must do. She must search out the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and...

There is a story about Kara and dragons. When she was four, she came down with vermillion fever. Her parents, thinking there was no cure, left her in a cave to die. A month, later she walked back into...

Lyf has always been pampered, ever since she caught vermilion fever and drank dragon’s milk to cure it. The milk turned her eyes green—a sure sign that she could speak with dragons. But being able to...

In a slightly futuristic, polluted world, fourteen-year-old Bryn watches an ancient egg hatch, and her life changes forever. Like her family before her, Bryn can “ken” with birds, so at first she doesn’t...

“A lovely little miracle of a book.” —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal–winning author of The One and Only Ivan “[A] large-hearted and riveting medieval adventure.” —William Alexander, National Book...

Aujourd’hui encore, je rêve d’eau. Je vois toujours sa lumière, et des ombres. Le large sillage tacheté que laisse un canard en nageant. Ou bien je rêve, parfois, de marée haute, et de mer à la nuit...

The second novel from highly acclaimed young writer Susan Fletcher, author of the award-winning ‘Eve Green’ Amy lies in a coma. Her older sister, Moira, comes to her in the evenings, sits beside...

With the death of a mother and the abduction of a young girl, Susan Fletcher has written a vividly beautiful novel about the innocence and terror of childhood. Following the loss of her mother,...

Every night, Shahrazad begins a story. And every morning, the Sultan lets her live another day -- providing the story is interesting enough to capture his attention. After almost one thousand nights,...

A boy risks his life to save some very special children in this fantasy adventure rife with “moments of real beauty and mystery” (Kirkus Reviews), set amidst the rich backdrop of Renaissance Venice.In...

A novel from Susan Fletcher, author of the bestselling Eve Green and Oystercatchers. The Massacre of Glencoe happened at 5am on 13th February 1692 when thirty-eight members of the Macdonald...

Derrière les barreaux de sa geôle écossaise, Corrag, créature sauvage et pure, est accusée de sorcellerie. Condamnée au bûcher, elle confie au révérend Charles Leslie le récit animiste et douloureux...

Certains fantômes hantent les demeures, d'autres les cœurs... Londres, 1914. Atteinte de la maladie des os de verre, Clara vit recluse depuis toujours, choyée par une mère qui lui raconte le monde. À...

The powerful new novel from the award-winning author of ‘Eve Green’ and ‘Oystercatchers’ is a tale of love and the lore of the sea. The islanders of Parla are still mourning the loss of one...

La plume si délicate et pure de Susan Fletcher s'ancre ici dans les légendes marines, celle d'un homme-poisson, d'un amour perdu, que la force et la beauté des éléments font rejaillir comme un miracle....

[...] au pays de Galles, l'eau du robinet a meilleur goût ; il se dégage de la terre humide une puissante odeur ; les nuages sont plus vastes ; les oiseaux viennent plus près. À la mort de sa mère,...