Celia Rees

When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days - paper and ink. Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims. But old superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she, like her grandmother, is the victim of ignorance and stupidity, and once more she faces important choices to ensure her survival. With a vividly evoked environment and characters skilfully and patiently drawn, this is a powerful literary achievement by Celia Rees that is utterly engrossing from start to finish.

Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and its impact on British politics, this action-driven novel shows once again that Celia Rees is one of our very best writers for teenage readers. Wild and beautiful, spoilt and wilful, Sovay finds that her cosseted life in rural England has not prepared her for life as a highway robber, for defending the honour of her family or for trying to save herself from corruption and evil. As Sovay becomes more and more embroiled in adventures she could scarcely have imagined, a story of dark intrigue, thwarted passions and sinister intentions is revealed to her. Will she be able to survive, and if she does so, at what cost?

Historical fiction at its very best Waterstones Guide to Kids Books Prolific erudite and consistently brilliant breathtaking Guardian Powerful absorbing and unusual The Bookseller An updated edition of this outstanding historical novel in a stunning new package to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days paper and ink Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims But old superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she like her grandmother is the victim of ignorance and stupidity and once more she faces important choices to ensure her survival With a vividly evoked environment and characters skilfully and patiently drawn this is a powerful literary achievement by Celia Rees that is utterly engrossing from start to finish

After Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hung for the crime, she is hurried to safety by an unknown woman who gives her tools to keep a record of her days - paper and ink. Then Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims. But old superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she will have to make important choices to ensure her survival. Vividly evoked, this is a powerful literary achievement by Celia Rees that is utterly engrossing from start to finish.

Todo comenzó con historias de terror contadas en los recreos. Entonces desaparece otro niño, y Fraser se pregunta si habrá algo de verdad en aquellas historias.

Al principio, el viejo diario encuadernado en piel no es más que una diversión para Ellen Forest; cuando lo empieza a leer para distraerse de su extraña enfermedad. Ningún médico sabe por qué está tan palida y delgada, tan falta de sangre....La extraña historia es tan irresistible, se mezcla tanto con su propia vida, que la idea de descansar le resulta imposible. Ellen empieza a sentirse mas debil aun que antes... Es como si algo estuviera contactando con ella a traves de los siglos, de otra epoca...

A new novel by the bestselling author of Witch Child: an adventure story drawing on the early writings of the Bronte childrenAll these Glass Town intrigues. No matter how long youd been absent, how far youd travelled, once you were back, it was as though you had never been away.Tom and Augusta are from different places and different times, but they meet in a virtual world to combine forces in battle, to save a kingdom, escape a web of deceit and find love. In a place where fictions can be truths and truths fictions, learning who to trust is about more than friendship, it is about survival.Glass Town Wars, inspired by the early writing of the Brontes, is a captivating, magical novel by the renowned Celia Rees.Celia Rees lives in Warwickshire with her husband. She is the author of the bestselling Witch Child, Sorceress and Pirates.

Transcurre el año 1659 en Inglaterra. La abuela de Mary va a ser ahorcada, acusada de ser bruja, y la vida de Mary corre peligro. Comienza así un viaje al Nuevo Mundo, América, acompañada de un grupo de puritanos que se quiere instalar cerca de Salem. Aunque Mary intenta pasar desapercibida, no le va a ser facil. Posee unos poderes especiales que en cualquier momento podran levantar sospechas, sobre todo en una comunidad llena de prejuicios.

Quan en Josh passa lestiu a casa de la seva àvia moribunda descobreix una habitació abandonada al capdamunt duna escala tancada, un àtic ple de secrets... Allà hi ha les estranyes possessions dun noi que, si ara fos viu, seria el seu oncle. Però devia passar alguna cosa terrible, tan terrible que el nom de loncle Patrick no es pronuncia mai. Llavors en Josh decideix estirar el fil i destapar lobscur passat de la seva família.