New Releases by Peter Dickinson

Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson, the team behind Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits, collaborate again to create five captivating tales incorporating the element of fire. In McKinley?s ?First Flight,? a boy and his pet foogit unexpectedly take a dangerous ride on a dragon, and her ?Hellhound? stars a mysterious dog as a key player in an eerie graveyard showdown. Dickinson introduces a young man who must defeat the creature threatening his clan in ?Fireworm,? a slave who saves his village with a fiery magic spell in ?Salamander Man,? and a girl whose new friend, the guardian of a mystical bird, is much older than he appears in ?Phoenix.? With time periods ranging from prehistoric to present day, and settings as varied as a graveyard, a medieval marketplace and a dragon academy, these stories are sure to intrigue and delight the authors? longtime fans and newcomers alike.

Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson share tales of mysterious merfolk and magical humans, all with close ties to the element of water. From Pitiable Nasmith''s miserable existence in a seaside town whose inhabitants are more intertwined with the sea than most people know, to Tamia''s surprising summons to be the apprentice to the Guardian who has the power to hold back the sea, each of the six stories illuminates a captivating world filled with adventure, romance, intrigue, and enchantment. Robin McKinley fans will recognize one of the worlds included-Damar, the setting of Newbery Medal winner The Hero and the Crown and Newbery Honor Book The Blue Sword.

Grandad is the most important person in Gavin''s life. But he is suddenly struck down by a massive stroke and is paralysed. The doctors are not optimistic. Gavin begins a desperate emotional journey, against all the odds, to bring his grandfather back to life.

Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protected from the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest’s power has begun to fade and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is the youngest of four brave souls who venture into the Empire together to find the mysterious magician who can save the Valley. And much to her amazement, Tilja gradually learns that only she, an ordinary girl with no magical powers, has the ability to protect her group and their quest from the Empire’s sorcerers.

Mana and the other Kin, a band of people living in prehistoric times, search for food on the edge of a great marsh and fight a new enemy, the dangerous killers whom they name the demon men.

Mana and the other Kin, a band of people living in prehistoric times, search for food on the edge of a great marsh and fight a new enemy, the dangerous killers whom they name the demon men.

After she and Suth rescue four small children following an attack on Good Place about 200,000 years ago, Noli heeds the warnings of Moonhawk and leads the group to safety.

A retelling of 32 Old Testament narratives.

Spending the last night on a holiday island, a boy dreams that the Giant Cold (Gigante di Neve) reduces the tropical retreat to a frozen wasteland and that he is the only one who can restore the warmth.

After the man in the closed, empty shop gives James a box of nothing, he finds himself in the Dump, a bizarre world filled with strangely altered rubbish and large intelligent rats.

A thirteen-year-old boy escapes from slaughter by the Boxers in China and joins forces with an English botanist and her escort, traveling with them to Tibet where the power of Buddhist monks transforms the lives of all of them.

Dragons aren''t real ... or are they? This carefully constructed and beautifully illustrated case for the existence of dragons will convince even the skeptics.

A Greek slave, his dancing bear, and an old holy man journey from Byzantium to rescue the slave''s young mistress from the Huns.

James Pibble, who used to work for New Scotland Yard, is semi-retired and vacationing on an island in Greece with his wife. The millionaire Thanassi Thanatos has asked Pibble''s help in defending him against possible assassination.