Peter Dickinson

Take a medieval Arab kingdom, add a ruler who wants to update the kingdom’s educational facilities, include a somewhat reserved English research psycholinguist....

Grandad is the most important person in Gavin’s life. The two understand each other perfectly....

In 1926 the British government was worried about revolution. Two million people are about to go on strike and class warfare is about to erupt....

Deeply in love with a financier, after ten months of happiness Mabs' world falls apart with his gunning down in a street in Buenos Aires....

Chuck is a whippet. A very nervous whippet, who's scared of almost everything....

The Kins have been scattered and the old, good ways are gone forever. Only Suth's skill and courage can save his little band of orphans as he leads them on a desperate journey out of the desert....

When James hid in the Nothing Shop he didn't expect to find anyone there. It was just an empty shop to hide in for a moment. And he didn't expect to find himself buying a box of nothing....