Best Selling Books by Susan Price

The adventure of two people who moved over a thousand miles from New York City to save a forgotten and misunderstood historic building in the heart of Dubuque, Iowa, a small Midwestern Mississippi River city. Alone, yet open to new friends and experiences, they created community and a place welcoming of all people and ideas. Written for children of all ages, this picture book is about the joys of trying new things and taking chances.

Science fiction roman.

Wandering the grim battlefield, Brother Dominic is overjoyed to hear a voice, calling him. Perhaps there is one more poor soul left alive in all this devastation. He hurries to aid the injured warrior, prepared to do all he can to keep this last survivor in the land of the living. But nothing can prepare him for what he finds... From warrior-bard to disembodied head in one sweep of a sword-just what is keeping Egil the storyteller alive? And what exactly is he planning?

Time traveling corporate raiders target 16th-century Scotland--and face the legendary Sterkarm warriors--in this "enthralling . . . brilliantly imagined" series (Philip Pullman on The Sterkarm Handshake). James Windsor--leader of FUP, the twenty-first-century megacorporation that created a tunnel back to the past called the Time Tube--has no intention of giving up his plan to pillage resources from pristine sixteenth-century Scotland. Unfortunately for Windsor, the Sterkarm clan, who will do anything to protect their lands from invaders, continues to stand in his way. But if Windsor''s modern-day mercenaries, with their technology, rifles, and rocket launchers, can''t beat the primitive Sterkarm warriors, who can? And who could possibly understand the wild Scottish moors and the clan''s brutal ways better than the Sterkarms themselves? When FUP opens up a new portal, two universes of Sterkarms are pitted against each other, but anthropologist Andrea Mitchell--originally sent back in time by FUP to study the clan--will risk her life to save Per, the warrior she loves, and the community she has grown to call home. And when both sets of Sterkarms become wary of the twenty-first-century "Elves," who shake on promises of friendship with one hand and commit murder with the other, they know there is only one way to protect their futures: join with the Grannams, and with each other, to destroy the tunnel, preventing the Elves from returning ever again. Perfect for fans of Outlander and Vikings, A Sterkarm Tryst is the epic conclusion to Susan Price''s award-winning Sterkarm Trilogy.

When Ketil and Ottar sail away with a Viking band to join the Great Army, they dream of famous victories. But the boys are ill-prepared to survive a bloody and brutal battle with the Saxons. Courage and friendship alone must win the day in this sweeping, dramatic adventure.

Here are nine powerful stories written by acclaimed, award winning author, Susan Price. Voices whisper in a graveyard... ''Who weeps on my grave, who keeps me from sleep? - Is it you who unearths me to this cold rain, this dark, this wind and all its grief?'' A lost sister speaks in a dream... ''She said,"I''m on Mow Top. But you won''t find me now. Don''t look. Forget me." A supermarket is haunted by a murdered baby... Footsteps climb the stairs of a darknened cottage... A voice whispers in a museum... Nine short, haunting stories of the supernatural, of loss and longing, of those who walk between this world and the next... Review ''...The opening tale is...creepy, to the extent that the words crawl like cold fingers down your back. ''Mow Top'' is heartbreakingly sad... This is how it works in real life. Children see ghosts and tell us. We reassure them, and ourselves, that there are no such things... ''The Familiar'' is all about the cost of power, and cuts deep. The final story, ''Overheard in a Museum'', is a thing of beauty, like the ship itself. You can feel the swell of the sea beneath you as you read. It speaks of a distant era and reminds us that objects so often outlast people by a long, long time. Except that the ship is not an object - it''s the spirit of an age. - Rosalie Warren on " Awfully Big Blog Adventure Reviews"

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

Elfgift is King. But the throne is not yet secure. Elfgift''s hated brother, Unwin, is raising an army against the devil-spawn. A truce is struck to celebrate Christmas and Jul''s feast but Unwin''s power-hunger convinces him to dishonour the holy night with treachery and bloodshed.

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 pratise 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.

The young witch, Shingebiss, believes she can ''spell'' the Czar and make him save her beloved Northlands from destruction. In her innocence, she little understands that the Imperial Palace is a place of treachery and murder, ruled by a madman with a mind like ''a broken mirror, reflecting all things crookedly.'' At first the Czar takes Shingebiss for an angel, sent to him by God, and welcomes her. But none of her spells seem able to blunt his greed and cruelty. And Shingebiss has a rival at court who hates her -- the English wizard, Master Jenkins, who pretends to the Czar that he can summon demons. Fearing that Shingebiss will unmask him, Master Jenkins plans to be rid of her. He tells the Czar that he can make him an Elixir of Immortality. The most potent ingredient is the blood of an angel. The Czar orders the elixir made immediately. Can Shingebiss save the Northlands? Can she save her own life? An intense, Gothic fantasy. Susan Price is an acclaimed writer for young people. The first book in the Ghost World sequence, The Ghost Drum, won the prestigious Carnegie medal.

The stunning sequel to the acclaimed ODIN''S VOICE.

Since his mother, Odinstoy''s, death, Gift has become obsessed with the idea of tracking down his real father. In secret, he employs a private detective to make investigations on Earth so that he can uncover his past. But when a Newsblog reveals evidence to suggest that Odinstoy wasn''t his real mother, Gift doesn''t know where to turn. He flees to the poisonous surface of Mars in the hope that the great god Odin can give him some answers... Meanwhile the mysterious Sherri, whose resemblance to Gift is undeniable, is making her way to Mars with some important news. Will she find him before it''s too late?

Eine ganz normale Familie wird von einem Putzkobold heimgesucht. Doch als der nicht nur putzt, sondern auch die Wohnung neu einrichtet, will die Familie ihn gern loswerden ... Ab 10.

Sarah has the perfect pet. She doesn''t need to feed it or exercise it. The bone dog does everything she asks. Even bad things. And Sarah enjoys her new-found power, but even she is beginning to get scared.

Paul loves beautiful girls and he loves poetry. He''s a pub poet - courageous enough to recite sonnets to the Hell''s Angels in the Hailstone Inn. So when Zione, a beautiful black girl - and a real head-turner - appears in his audience at the Old Crown, Paul is well pleased. When she asks him to go outside with her, he doesn''t hesitate. When they''re alone, in the darkness of the pub''s yard, Zione calls up green fire and, for Paul, everything goes away... He wakes up in a strange bed, not knowing where he is - which, for him, is nothing new. Then the luke-warm hot-water bottle nips him. It''s a dragon. A small dragon, but still a dragon. It turns out, Zione is a sorceress. The sorceress of Dragonsheim. Where Paul now is. Paul cheers up when he finds that poets are far more respected in Dragonsheim than in his own world. Everyone is glad to see him - and keen for him to meet the biggest poetry lover of all. A very big poetry lover who has devoured most of the Oxford Book of Poets. In the most literal possible sense. When Paul performs for this poetry-lover, he finds his work examined and criticised as never before. When this critic rips you apart, you stay ripped. It''s extreme lit-crit. Can Paul''s ego survive it? Can he survive it? And get back to his beloved lost world of pubs, pints and crisps? A light-hearted fantasy of poets, sorceresses, dragons - and wrapping paper.