BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND OLD ADULTS

ODIN'S VOICE - sci-fi fantasy, set in future. Adult content.

ODIN'S QUEEN - sequel to ODIN'S VOICE.

THE STERKARM HANDSHAKE (Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize)
- sci-fi fantasy, set partly in the near future and partly in the 16th
century.

A STERKARM KISS - Sequel to 'Handshake'.

THE WOLF SISTERS - werewolf fantasy, set in a 'never-was' Anglo-Saxon
past.

THE BEARWOOD WITCH - Horror story set in the present.

THE GHOST WIFE - ghost story set in the nineteenth century, among the
mines and factories of the industrial revolution.

ELFGIFT
ELFKING - 'Sword and sorcery' fantasies, set in a 'never-was' Anglo-
Saxon past

FOILING THE DRAGON - comic fantasy (with dragons).

HAUNTINGS
NIGHTCOMERS - Collections of short ghost stories

HORROR STORIES - A collection of horror stories, edited by Susan Price.

FROM WHERE I STAND - Set in a comprehensive school

HOME FROM HOME - A boy reluctantly agrees to help in a school project
which visits elderly people.

STICKS AND STONES - A boy is being pushed into a 'sensible' career
which he hates.

TWOPENCE A TUB - historical novel: a nineteenth century miners' strike.

FORTHCOMING BOOKS FOR THIS AGE GROUP
ODIN'S SON - Third book in the 'Odin' trilogy. To be published next
year.

THE 'GHOST WORLD' TRILOGY
THE GHOST DRUM - (Winner of the Carnegie Medal, 1987).
GHOST SONG
GHOST DANCE
It's hard to set a reading age on these. They have been
enjoyed by children in the 10-12 age (and, on occasion, by children
even younger). They've also been enjoyed by teenagers and adults.

FOLKLORE RETELLINGS - Again, it's hard to set a reading age on these.
Many have been enjoyed by adults and older teenagers. Some are simple
enough to be read by 9-10 year olds. Other younger children may enjoy
listening to them read aloud.

THE KING'S HEAD - The Royal story-teller refuses to tell his King a
story the night before a battle, but promises that he will tell him a
story the following night. The story-teller is killed in the battle.
Still, he doesn't let Death stop him, and struggles to reach his King
and keep his promise. At each stage of his journey, he tells a story
to the people who help him. A collection of traditional stories, re-
told, within a frame inspired by an old Irish legend.

THE STORY COLLECTOR - An old retired gentleman, Mr. Grimsby, takes up
the hobby of collecting old stories. He meets many different people,
who each tell him a story and then, as he's walking home one night, he
meets the Ghost Dog - who tells him a story. A collection of
traditional stories, re-told.

TELLING TALES Three women, one old, one middle-aged, one young, meet
at weddings, births and funerals. They each tell a story, suitable to
the occasion. A collection of traditional stories, re-told.

HEAD AND TALES - A navvy, working in the canal-diggings, dies of
fever. His last request is that his head be cut off, and given to his
two children, to carry back to his mother on the other side of the
country. During the long journey, the head encourages, protects and
comforts the children, by telling stories. A collection of traditional
stories, re-told, within a frame.

GHOSTS AT LARGE
FORBIDDEN DOORS
THE CARPENTER AND OTHER STORIES - These last three are earlier books,
and are much simpler retellings of folk stories.

FOR THE 10-13 RANGE

FORTHCOMING BOOK FOR THIS AGE GROUP
THE GREAT ARMY - To be published next year, as part of
Usbourne's 'Warrior' series. Set in the Viking Age, it tells the story
of two Shetland boys who join 'The Great Danish Army' which invaded
England, and all but conquered it.

THE SAGA OF ASLAK - Set in the Viking Age. Aslak and his sister are
born slaves, but Aslak is freed by their father. As soon as he's old
enough, he goes Viking and become a successful trader. But he returns
from one voyage to find that his father has died, and his half-brothers
have sold his sister. He sets out for the great Viking markets of
Kaupang and Hedeby, to trace her.

FOR THE 8-10 RANGE

OLLYSPELLMAKER AND THE HAIRY HORROR
OLLY SPELLMAKER AND THE SULKY SMUDGE
OLLY SPELLMAKER: ELF ALERT! - Three books featuring the leather-clad,
motorbike riding witch, Olly Spellmaker, and her misadventures. The
first book was originally published in Macmillan's 'Shock Shop' range
as 'Hairy Bill'.

THE WOLF'S FOOTPRINT - An orginal story based on the idea, found in
Russian fairy tales, that if you drink from an animal's footprint, you
become that animal.

A TRUE SPELL AND A DANGEROUS - A girl finds an old book, and carries
out the spell she finds written in it, 'To See Fairies' - despite the
warning that, 'This is a true spell, and a dangerous.'

PEDRO - A true story about the corgi owned by my Great-Grandmother.
The local children used to knock on her door and ask, 'Can Pedro come
out to play?'

COMING DOWN TO EARTH - Science-fiction. A girl goes on a school trip
to Earth, and runs away.

KNOCKING JACK - A poltergeist story.

ODIN'S MONSTER - I've found this hugely popular at school visits when I
read it aloud. Set in the Viking Age. An Icelandic poet refuses to
help a witch, even though the witch threatens to send a monster against
him.

A FEASTING OF TROLLS - A boy is sent away from home every Christmas, to
stay with relatives. His older brothers and sisters never come with
him. One Christmas, he sneaks back home to find out why.

MASTER THOMAS KATT - An elderly, childless couple adopt a kitten as
their child, and pay the local vicar to educate it. The Vicar
strangles the kitten, but continues to take money from the old couple.
However, the Vicar has reckoned without Master Thomas Katt.

THE SAGA OF ASLAK - Set in the Viking Age. Aslak and his sister are
born slaves, but Aslak is freed by their father. As soon as he's old
enough, he goes Viking and become a successful trader. But he returns
from one voyage to find that his father has died, and his half-brothers
have sold his sister. He sets out for the great Viking markets of
Kaupang and Hedeby, to trace her.

THUNDERPUMPS - The story of Thunderpumps the cat. Based on true
stories of cats I have known.

PHANTOM FROM THE PAST - A modern school, housed in an old Victorian
building, holds a 'Victorian Day'.

GHOSTLY TALES - Three short ghost stories.

THE BONE DOG - A girl desperately wants a pet. Her uncle, a white
witch, promises to make her 'a dog that'll never need feeding or a
vet'. He makes it from an old fox-fur and a meat bone. But such pets
are not without problems.

IN A NUTSHELL - A story of two tiny, thumb-sized people.

THE DEVIL'S PIPER - The first book I ever wrote. Four children
squabbling by a canal bank wake an ancient spirit.