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RESULTSSearching enCompass books for 'David Almond'... We found 9 matches.
David Almond
Clay Another lyrical and gripping read from the multi-award winner, David Almond. With fascination, Davie and his best friend Geordie watch the arrival of a new boy, Stephen Rose, in their town. His history is a mystery, he seems to have come from nowhere, and when he arrives to live with his distant aunt, the local 'loony', 'Crazy Mary', no one envies him his new home. But perhaps he's the answer to Davie and Geordie's prayers - a secret weapon in their war against monstrous Mouldy and his gang? Intrigued by him, gradually Davie and Geordie befriend Stephen. But they are heading innocently down a dangerous path that brings with it a monster of an entirely unexpected nature. Their encounter with the mysterious Stephen is as incredible as it is menacing, and as the true shocking story of Stephen's past slowly emerges, Davie's life is changed forever.
Reading age 9 to 11, interest level 9 to 11
Hodder Children's Books 2005 hbk £10.99 ISBN 0-340-77384-7
Hodder Children's Books 2005 audio £12.99 ISBN 1-84032-998-X
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02A15I021412626440
David Almond
Counting Stars & Other Stories This collection of stories reflects the author's endless sense of mystery and wonderment, as it weaves a tangible tapestry of growing up in a large Catholic family. The stories address fear and joy, light and darkness and the healing power of memory.
Reading age 10 to 15, interest level 10 to 15
Hodder Children's Books 2000 hbk £10.00 ISBN 0-340-78479-2
Hodder Children's Books 2000 pbk £10.00 ISBN 0-340-78479-2
David Almond
The Fire-eaters There he was, below the bridge, half-naked and eyes blazing - with a pair of burning torches. It's Autumn and the winds of change are blowing for Bobby Burns. His new school is a frightening place, World War III might be imminent, and then there's the strange fire eater - a devil called McNulty.
2003 Whitbread Children's Book Award; 2003 Nestle Smarties Book Prize (Gold) Age 9-11; 2003 Guardian Children's Fiction Award (Shortlist)
Hodder Children's Books 2003 hbk £10.99 ISBN 0-340-77382-0
Galaxy 2003 pbk £9.95 ISBN 0-7540-7880-9 Hodder Children's Books 2003 audio £9.99 ISBN -1-84032-681-6
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02A15I021412626440
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0340773820/qid=1075303355/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/026-9142451-1856421 http://www.jubileebooks.co.uk/jubilee/newsn/news_stories/030523_01.asp http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/books/fire-eaters.htm http://www.goldcreek.act.edu.au/yara/pages/reviews/overseas/r_fire_eaters.htm http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1049745,00.html
David Almond
Heaven Eyes Erin, January and Mouse live in a children's home and often run away. But this time they might not be coming back. When they stumble across a disused factory they meet Grampa and Heaven Eyes, a mysterious girl who should have drowned at sea, a girl desperately searching for the family she has lost.
Reading age 11 to 15, interest level 11 to 15
Hodder Children's Books 2000 hbk £10.00 ISBN 0-340-76481-3
Hodder Children's Books 2000 pbk £5.99 ISBN 0-340-74368-9 Hodder Children's Books 2000 Audiotape £7.99 ISBN 1-84032-288-8
David Almond
Jackdaw Summer Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland - but this year things are different. One hot summer's day a jackdaw leads the two boys into an ancient farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it: PLESE LOOK AFTER HER RITE. THIS IS A CHILDE OF GOD. And so begins Jackdaw Summer. A summer when friendships are tested. A summer when lines between good and bad are blurred. A summer that Liam will never forget … Reading age 7 to 12, interest level 7 to 12
Hodder Children's Books 2008 hbk £10.99 ISBN 978-0340881989
David Almond
Illustrated by Stephen Lambert Kate, the Cat and the Moon Children should love to experience Kate's magical freedom as she changes into a cat and roams the countryside, free to become anyone and do anything, while the moon looks down from the sky, and everyone else is fast asleep.
Reading age 4 to 8, interest level 4 to 8
Hodder Children's Books 2004 hbk £10.99 ISBN -0-340-77386-3
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02A15I021412626440
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/davidalmond/about.htm http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/childrenandteens/0,6121,1349922,00.html lhttp://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/story.jsp?story=588044
David Almond
Kit's Wilderness In Stoneygate there was a wilderness where the ancient coal pit had once been. In the wilderness Kit met Askew, who has a strange ability to draw other children to his game called Death. When Askew disappears, it is up to Kit to find him and bring him back.
1999 Smarties Silver Book Prize
Reading age 11 to 15, interest level 11 to 15
Signature 1999 hbk £10.00 ISBN 0-340-77885-7
Hodder Children's Books 1999 pbk £5.99 ISBN 0-340-72716-0 Hodder Children's Books 2000 Audiotape £7.99 ISBN 1-84032-280-2
David Almond
Secret Heart Joe lives with his mother in Helmouth, a forgotten village crumbling on the edge of the suburbs. His days are spent trying to evade the demands of school and the taunts of the local bullies. Joe's friend, Stanny, insists that Joe must toughen up, become a survivor - and he is adamant that a weekend in the wilderness with Stanny and his Uncle Joff will do the trick. Into Joe's unhappy world comes Hackenschmidt's Circus, and with it the strangely familiar Corinna. She tells Joe, 'In the circus there is a secret heart' - a place of contained wildness where the barriers between the human and animal world are fluid. And indeed, Joe's dreams are already stalked by a tiger, so real that his skin and its pelt begin to feel as one...
Reading age 10 to 15
Hodder Children's Books 2001 hbk £10.00 ISBN 0-340-76482-1
Hodder Children's 2002 pbk £5.99 ISBN 0-340-74369-7 Hodder Children's 2001 Audiotape £7.99 ISBN 1-84032-565-8
David Almond
Skellig Michael's baby sister is ill, and the whole house is sick with her. While his parents spend time at the hospital, he explores their new home. In the old, derelict garage he finds something sinister: a strange creature, part owl, part angel. Is it something good? Or something evil?
1998 Whitbread Award
Reading age 10 to 15, interest level 10 to 15
Signature 1998 pbk £4.99 ISBN 0-340-71600-2
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02A15I021412626440
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-almond-david.asp http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/almond.htm http://www.achuka.co.uk/daint.htm http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/almond.html http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/almond/textonly.htm
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