Fire and Hemlock

Fire and Hemlock
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2012-04-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 110156699X

A fantastic tale by the legendary Diana Wynne Jones—with an introduction by Garth Nix. Polly Whittacker has two sets of memories. In the first, things are boringly normal; in the second, her life is entangled with the mysterious, complicated cellist Thomas Lynn. One day, the second set of memories overpowers the first, and Polly knows something is very wrong. Someone has been trying to make her forget Tom - whose life, she realizes, is at supernatural risk. Fire and Hemlock is a fantasy filled with sorcery and intrigue, magic and mystery - and a most unusual and satisfying love story. Widely considered to be one of Diana Wynne Jones's best novels, the Firebird edition of Fire and Hemlock features an introduction by the acclaimed Garth Nix - and an essay about the writing of the book by Jones herself.

Fire and Hemlock

Fire and Hemlock
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0007387458

In the mind of a lonely, imaginative girl, who can tell where fiction ends and reality begins? An epic fantasy, spanning nine years...

Fire and Hemlock

Fire and Hemlock
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0006755194

At nineteen, Polly has two sets of sometimes overlapping, sometimes conflicting memories, the real-life ones of school days and her parents' divorce, and the heroic adventure ones that began the day she accidentally gate-crashed a funeral and met the cellist Thomas Lynn.

Deep Secret

Deep Secret
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 385
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0312868596

A fast and witty new fantasy novel about the magician in charge of Earth, who maintains the balance between positive and negative magic for the good of all.

Hemlock Grove

Hemlock Grove
Author: Brian McGreevy
Publisher: FSG Originals
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2012-03-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429942622

An exhilarating reinvention of the gothic novel, inspired by the iconic characters of our greatest myths and nightmares. Hemlock Grove is now a hit television series on Netflix. The body of a young girl is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of the abandoned Godfrey Steel mill. A manhunt ensues—though the authorities aren't sure if it's a man they should be looking for. Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a foreboding biotech facility owned by the Godfrey family—their personal fortune and the local economy having moved on from Pittsburgh steel—where, if rumors are true, biological experiments of the most unethical kind take place. Others turn to Peter Rumancek, a Gypsy trailer-trash kid who has told impressionable high school classmates that he's a werewolf. Or perhaps it's Roman, the son of the late JR Godfrey, who rules the adolescent social scene with the casual arrogance of a cold-blooded aristocrat, his superior status unquestioned despite his decidedly freakish sister, Shelley, whose monstrous medical conditions belie a sweet intelligence, and his otherworldly control freak of a mother, Olivia. At once a riveting mystery and a fascinating revelation of the grotesque and the darkness in us all, Hemlock Grove has the architecture and energy to become a classic in its own right—and Brian McGreevy the talent and ambition to enthrall us for years to come.

Double-Edged

Double-Edged
Author: Dhriti Aiylam
Publisher: Mascot Books
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9781643073248

Princess Kerra and Lavenderra come from two vastly different worlds. With all the royal luxuries, the queen-to-be, Princess Kerra's life seems perfect. But she is apprehensive about the future and doesn't feel she is ready to take on the responsibility -- until she meets Venx, a cave-dweller and former leader who has fallen from glory. Wanting to be different from the rulers before her, she's determined to help him and his people win back what they have lost. Lavenderra has worked on her family's farm since she was a child. Lonely and growing weary of her repetitive lifestyle, her future seems to take a turn for the better when she meets Tan, a mysterious but kind boy who lives in utopia. The two instantly befriend each other. But their happiness is short-lived when a long-forgotten enemy emerges and is determined to seek revenge. Embroiled in a brutal conflict, Princess Kerra and Lavenderra must fight both external and internal forces as they make difficult choices and realize that things aren't quite as they seem.

A Tale of Time City

A Tale of Time City
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2012-04-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101567007

A thrilling story by the legendary Diana Wynne Jones—with an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. London, 1939. Vivian Smith thinks she is being evacuated to the countryside, because of the war. But she is being kidnapped - out of her own time. Her kidnappers are Jonathan and Sam, two boys her own age, from a place called Time City, designed especially to oversee history. But now history is going critical, and Jonathan and Sam are convinced that Time City's impending doom can only be averted by a twentieth-century girl named Vivian Smith. Too bad they have the wrong girl. . . .

The Islands of Chaldea

The Islands of Chaldea
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062295098

A stand-alone novel of magic and adventure by the renowned fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones, who also wrote Howl's Moving Castle and the Chrestomanci books. Almost finished upon her death in 2011, the manuscript was completed by Diana's sister Ursula Jones, an acclaimed novelist and actress. Publishers Weekly called The Islands of Chaldea "a story to cherish" in their starred review. Aileen comes from a long line of magic makers, and her aunt Beck is the most powerful magician on Skarr. But Aileen's magic has yet to reveal itself, even though she is old enough and it should have by now. When Aileen is sent over the sea on a mission for the King, she worries that she'll be useless and in the way. A powerful talking cat changes all of that—and with every obstacle Aileen faces, she becomes stronger and more confident, until her magic blooms. This stand-alone novel, by the beloved and acclaimed author of such classic fantasy novels as Howl's Moving Castle and the Chrestomanci books, will be welcomed by fans old and new. "Jones's imaginative vigor is unabated in this last, picaresque novel; her deft, fluid style and penchant for precise, characterful description are amply present," proclaimed The Horn Book.

Hexwood

Hexwood
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0007440189

“All I did was ask you for a role-playing game. You never warned me I’d be pitched into it for real! And I asked you for hobbits on a Grail quest, and not one hobbit have I seen!”