Eva Ibbotson
Author
Publisher
Marion Lloyd
Pub. Date
2012
Description
All Hal had ever wanted was a dog. But a dog would damage the expensive carpets in Hal's glamorous home, and his rich, neglectful parents refuse to consider one. Then they discover Easy Pets, a convenient dog-rental agency. Terrier Fleck arrives on Hal's birthday, but when Hal discovers that his dog must be returned, he runs away. Originally publis
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's
Pub. Date
2011
Description
When a Hag, an orphan boy and a troll called Ulf get sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, they expect it to be a fairly standard magical mission. But the ogre is depressed, the princess doesn't want to be rescued - and the ogre's dead wife is turning in her grave. Originally published: 2010
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A collection of three wonderfully festive stories from Eva Ibbotson, the bestselling author of 'Journey to the River Sea'. In the first story - Vicky and the Christmas Angel - a young Viennese girl discovers, to her horror, who really brings the children's presents at Christmas. In The Christmas Star a family encounters a fortune teller at the loca
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Tally Hamilton is furious to hear she is being sent from London to a horrid, stuffy boarding school in the countryside, all because of the stupid war. But Delderton Hall is a far more unusual and interesting place than Tally ever imagined. Originally published: 2008
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Fredegonda, Goneril, and Drusilla are Great Hagges, much more important and much rarer than regular old hags. They think that ghosts these days are decidedly lacking that people haven't been scared of ghosts for years. So one day they decide that something needs to change - it's time for these ghosts to learn a thing or two about being scary. And w