Search results for ""author ruth eastham""
Vertebrate Publishing Ltd The Jaguar Trials
Cats have nine lives. Ben has one. Keeping it will test him to the very limit.An Amazon expedition gone wrong throws Ben into a world of superstition and adventure.Now he must survive the mysterious Jaguar Trials to escape the jungle and uncover the truth about the lost City of Gold.In this spellbinding children’s adventure, award-winning author Ruth Eastham teaches us the value of friendship, and helps us to discover that there is more than just one kind of treasure.
£7.46
Vertebrate Publishing Ltd Arrowhead: An ancient Viking curse has risen
When a playground scrap becomes a fight to the death, and an ancient curse is awakened, Jack, Skuli and Emma must uncover the arrowhead’s secrets – before a terrible evil is unleashed.Award-winning children’s author Ruth Eastham weaves twists, turns and adventures into the rollercoaster ride that is Arrowhead: aspects of Norse mythology, the importance of friendship and teamwork, race-against-the-clock tension, and terror as the world as you know it is turned upside down. Follow the three friends on their mission to save the world from an evil curse, as you are drawn into an emotional and thrilling journey – one not to be missed.
£7.46
Vertebrate Publishing Ltd The Warrior in the Mist: The invaders are coming. The battle is about to begin.
'Their bodies flickered strangely – transparent, blueish, as if they were made of flames. With a jolt, he realised that they were fading. Time was running out.’Who are the phantom girls? What do they want with Aidan?Aidan’s village is under siege. A fracking company has moved on to the land.Once drilling is complete, the paddocks looked after by Aidan’s family will be gone, along with his home and the horse he loves.Aidan and his best friends Emmi and Jon have one last hope. Legend has it that the warrior queen Boudicca is buried close by. If only they can find the tomb … prove this is the site of her last great battle against Roman invaders …As the mists of time separating ancient history from present day swirl and fade, Aidan must face a deadly enemy. He must fight to uncover the truth of the ghostly sisters, before it is too late.The Warrior in the Mist is the latest novel from award-winning children's author Ruth Eastham.
£8.61
Vertebrate Publishing Ltd The Messenger Bird: The truth can be a dangerous thing
Enemies on all sides.Nathan doesn’t know who he can trust.It’s a race against time.Get Dad out of prison.Mend a broken family.And solve the mystery of the messenger bird.Set around the top-secret Second World War codebreaking site Bletchley Park, The Messenger Bird is the gripping children’s thriller from Ruth Eastham, award-winning author of The Memory Cage.
£7.46
Vertebrate Publishing Ltd The Memory Cage: Alex has survived a war. Now his mind is the enemy.
No child should have to live through a war.No child should have to see what Alex has seen.He’s locked it all away in a secret place but, one day, the ticking time bomb in his mind has to detonate.Alex’s family want to help, but they have other problems.Only Alex’s beloved grandfather can answer his questions about family secrets.But Grandad is scarred by a war of his own – and his memories are fading fast as the effects of Alzheimer’s grip him.Time is running out for Alex.Only by unlocking the terrors of the memory cage for both of them, can he hope to escape the nightmares.Ruth Eastham’s The Memory Cage – shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize – is a transfixing story about adoption, Alzheimer’s, the strength of the relationships within families through testing times, and the effects our memories have on how we live the rest of our lives.
£8.03
