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  1. Wolves Chronicles: Book 2

    Black Hearts in Battersea

    by Joan Aiken, Robin Jacques

    Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With... (learn more about this book)

  2. Wolves Chronicles: Book 3

    Nightbirds on Nantucket

    by Joan Aiken

    Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home to England. Instead, Captain Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Dido and the captain's daughter, Dutiful Penitence, are left in the care of Dutiful's sinister... (learn more about this book)

  3. Wolves Chronicles: Book 4

    The Stolen Lake

    by Joan Aiken

    Readers who have followed Dido Twite"s escapades in BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERSEA and NIGHTBIRDS ON NANTUCKET will welcome her return in her wildest adventure yet. Now back in print, THE CUCKOO TREE and THE STOLEN LAKE continue the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series... (learn more about this book)

  4. Midnight is a Place

    by Joan Aiken

    Now, back in print, the engaging and suspenseful British fantasy by one of England"s most imaginative storytellers. Lucas Bell is lonely and miserable at Midnight Court, a vast, brooding house owned by his intolerable guardian, Sir Randolph Grimsby. When a mysterious carriage brings a visitor... (learn more about this book)

  5. Wolves Chronicles: Book 7

    Dido and Pa

    by Joan Aiken

    Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket will welcome her return in another wild adventure. Now back in print, Dido and Pa continues the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken's... (learn more about this book)

  6. Wolves Chronicles: Book 6

    The Cuckoo Tree

    by Joan Aiken

    When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants of Tegleaze Manor: strange old Lady Tegleaze, her nephew, Tobit, and his wizened, witchy... (learn more about this book)

  7. Wolves Chronicles: Book 0

    The Whispering Mountain

    by Joan Aiken

    Winner of the Guardian Prize for Fiction In the small town of Pennygaff, where Owen has been sent to live after his mother’s death, a legendary golden harp has been found. Knowing of the prophesy of the Harp of Teirtu, Owen must prevent the magic harp from falling into the evil clutches of... (learn more about this book)

  8. A Necklace of Raindrops

    by Jan Pieńkowski, Joan Aiken

    Here are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that leap out of their books at night, and a wealth of other wonderful characters and... (learn more about this book)

  9. Wolves Chronicles: Book 10

    Midwinter Nightingale

    by Joan Aiken

    Dido and Simon are in danger in this new addition to the Wolves Chronicles. Dido, back in England from America, is almost instantly kidnapped and taken to a derelict mansion surrounded by a deadly moat. The evil baron residing there, who is also a werewolf, wants desperately to know where King... (learn more about this book)

  10. Arabel and Mortimer: Book 1

    Arabel's Raven

    by Joan Aiken

    Young Arabel's life is changed forever when her father, a taxi driver, brings home an injured bird he finds in the street. This wacky raven eats everything in sight, answers the telephone by squawking "Nevermore!" and causes chaos wherever he goes--but Arabel loves her new feathered friend,... (learn more about this book)

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