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Robin Hood is transformed. Blinded by the Sheriff, he takes refuge in the ancient heart of Sherwood Forest, where primal powers and forgotten magicks reach out to him. Only the blind bowman, Robin Hood, together with his soulmate, Marian, can stand against the forces of darkness...

From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke Teitler and her older sister, Astra, live in a house, in a city, in a world divided. Their father ran out on them...

Despite her world of privilege, Hélène is inspired early on by the radical ideas of her progressive governess. Though her family tries to intervene, the seeds of revolution have already been planted in Hélène’s heart, as are the seeds of love from an unlikely friendship with a young jeweler’s apprentice. Hélène’s determination to find true love is as revolutionary as her attempt to unravel the truth behind the concealed murder that tore her family apart.

It's the 1920s - cars and planes are new. Lily Gabriel is scruffy and confident and takes no nonsense from anyone. Antony is rich, spoiled, and arrogant, and Lily is completely and utterly - no nonsense! - in love with him. So join Lily as she falls: falls in love, falls out of the sky, falls through time. And effortlessly, inescapably, falls into her future.

Part dark gothic fantasy, part journey into the bizarre, this delicious blending of tall tales and Latin American surrealism will haunt you as you devour it! "Highly imaginative and powerfully affecting."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review 1836, Wisconsin. Catalina lives with her pa and brother in...

Mung har fått äran att bli Fågelkungens arvinge, men det innebär också att han måste vara många mil ifrån Larne, sin stora kärlek. I sju år ska han utbildas i en druidskola medan hon är kvar på borgen som tjänarinna. När mörka sanningar om Larnes liv rullas upp blir ingenting längre sig likt... Maj Bylock är född 1931 på Gotland. Hennes tidiga utgivning var läroböcker i religion och historia, men även i sina skönlitterära böcker står frågor om livsåskådning och moral i centrum - ofta i historisk miljö.

I den sista delen i Maj Bylocks historiska trilogi återförenas äntligen Mung och Larne - även om det sker under mer dramatiska former än de hade kunnat ana. I flykten undan den grymme hövdingen Taran och hans soldater slår de följe med den egyptiske roddarslaven Ixi, som också hjälper dem i den viktiga jakten på keltiska druider som lyckats fly undan romarna. Maj Bylock är född 1931 på Gotland.