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Author
Series
Dark is rising sequence volume 4
Language
English
Description
A strange boy and dog remind Will Stanton that he is an immortal, whose quest is to find the golden harp which will rouse others from a long slumber in the Welsh hills so they may prepare for the ultimate battle of Light versus Dark.
2) Longbow girl
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A stunningly exciting and dramatic story set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, where the brave and beautiful Merry Owen, the Longbow Girl, travels back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII to save her ancestors.
Author
Series
Dark is rising sequence volume 5
Language
English
Description
In this conclusion of the tale begun in "Over Sea, Under Stone, " Will Stanton, the Welsh boy Bran, and the Drew children try to locate the crystal sword that alone can vanquish the strong forces of Dark.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While spending the summer in Tenby, Wales, with their grandfather, American cousins Zoé and Ian assemble an old glass puzzle, inadvertently unleashing ancient forces that threaten the island and allowing them to travel into the past.
10) Emlyn's moon
Author
Series
Magician trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Nia, the middle girl in a large Welsh family, discovers her own special artistic talent as she uncovers the dark secret shared by the Llewelyn and Griffiths families.
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume 1
Language
English
Description
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes...
Author
Series
Bagthorpe saga volume 5
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1984]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
172 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the further adventures of the eccentric Bagthorpe family as they go on vacation to a reputedly haunted house in Wales.
14) The snow spider
Author
Series
Magician trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his ninth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.
Author
Series
Magician trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
To purge the anger from an ancient Welsh demonic god that he had helped release, and to soothe a moody, troubled soldier, Gwyn Griffiths draws on the strength of his namesake and ancestor in Welsh magic, Gwydion Gwyn.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 15
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
145 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1939 Wales, a strawberry roan Welsh pony named Lily and her rider, Gwen, are Pony Club members who enjoy competing in gymkhana games, but the start of World War II brings changes to their routine and a new member to the Pony Club--a prickly girl named Bridget, sent to the country to escape the threat of bombings in London.
Author
Series
Bagthorpe saga volume 6
Publisher
Macmillan Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1985]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While on vacation, the eccentric and talented Bagthorpe family tries to contact the ghosts of their reputedly haunted house, pursues Cousin Daisy's elusive goat, and generally stirs up the quiet Welsh countryside.
18) Griffin's Castle
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Orchard books edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After years of having moved around, eleven-year-old Dinah determines to make a huge, dilapidated old mansion into a home for her mother and herself, but the wild beasts she summons from a stone wall to protect her may also imprison her.
19) Carrie's war
Author
Language
English
Description
Carrie and her younger brother spend World War II as evacuees in a small Welsh village where Carrie, upset by a family feud, commits an act that haunts her for thirty years.
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