Peter Dickinson

Four powerful stories of adventure and imagination - in this world and beyond.When Keith''s father dies, his mom sells their house and takes Keith to live in Scotland. He misses his dad and his home, but most of all he misses his friend Melly, a girl whose father is a lion tamer, and who seems almost otherworldly. Keith is in a park in Edinburgh when he sees a girl who looks exactly like Melly, and whose father once worked for the circus, taming lions. To solve the mystery and protect his best friend, Keith embarks on a perilous quest to uncover the secrets of Melly''s doppelganger.In these four tales, Peter Dickinson writes with clarity and wit about young people whose adventures take place across space, time, and the boundaries of their souls.

Noli and Suth, with their little band of siblings, have escaped from an erupting volcano. Their courage and intelligence keep them alive as they explore a great canyon, trap a man-eating lion, and re

A la hora de bautizar la fabulosa maqueta de barco que su abuelo le está construyendo como regalo de cumpleaños, Gavin elige Selkis, nombre de unas legendarias criaturas marinas que siempre están dispuestas a ayudar a los humanos en apuros. Muy pronto, el azar hara que el nombre sea puesto a prueba cuando el anciano sufre una repentina enfermedad que lo postra en cama, provocando el desaliento de medicos y familiares. Sin embargo, Gavin no piensa cruzarse de brazos: el hara lo imposible por lograr la recuperacion de su querido abuelo y, aunque el tiempo corre en su contra, aun cuenta con tres cosas importantes: su inagotable fuerza de voluntad, el barco inacabado y aquella misteriosa selkie que se le aparecio una mañana en el puerto mientras pescaba con su abuelo...

África, hace 200 mil años. La fabulosa historia de los primeros humanos.Una novela épica para todas las edades.

This final book in the Kin quartet of prehistoric adventures finds the Kin having survived many dangers in reaching new lands where they can live in safety. Now, though, they face the deadliest foe o

Àfrica, fa 200 mil anys. La fabulosa aventura dels primers humans. Una novela èpica per a totes les edats. Primera Part : Les històries del Suth i la Noli .Segona Part :Les històries del Ko i la Mana

África, hace 200 mil años. La fabulosa historia de los primeros humanos. Una novela épica para todas las edades. En esta Primera Parte se narran las historias de Suth y Noli .

África, hace 200 mil años. La fabulosa historia de los primeros humanos. Una novela épica para todas las edades. En esta Segunda Parte se narran las historias de Ko y Mana .

Durante siglos, un poderoso encantamiento ha protegido el Valle de la invasión de las tribus salvajes y del dominio del Emperador. Pero ahora la magia está perdiendo fuerza y la joven Tilja emprende un largo y peligroso viaje al corazon del Imperio para encontrar a Faheel, el hombre que, tiempo atras, dio poderes magicos a sus antepasados. Tilja y sus tres acompañantes atravesaran desiertos, escarpadas montañas y majestuosas ciudades, pero pronto descubriran que no son los unicos que desean encontrar al mago. Los Vigilantes del Imperio, unos temibles brujos al servicio del Emperador, ambicionan apoderarse de algo que Faheel custodia: un anillo que permite tejer y destejer la cuerda del tiempo. Peter Dickinson, autor de las celebradas novelas de El clan, ha creado en La cuerda del tiempo un mundo epico fascinante, lleno de fantasia y espectaculares aventuras, que deleitara a todos los amantes del poder de la magia.

The magic in the Valley is dying. In the forest, the cedar trees whisper the news. The age-old spell can no longer protect the land from its enemies. Four companions must find the sorcerer who conjured the ancient power. He has not been seen for centuries, hidden in the dark heart of an evil Empire. Their journey is desperately dangerous, and the travellers are shadowed by a mysterious figure. Is the shape-changing Ropemaker their ally? Or a deadly enemey? And does he command the deepest magic of all? That weaves and unweaves the great rope that is time itself...

Dirzhan is a strange little country up among the mountains way out east. It has one foot in the middle ages and one in the age of the internet, and its President Kahn is a ruthless modern dictator who lives in a fantastic old palace riddled with secret passages. Only the old eunuch who looks after the Kahns daughter Taeela knows where they run.Nigel is on a visit to his parents when he is asked to spend time with Taeela to improve her English accent, so he is actually present when the Kahn is assassinated in front of their eyes.Now those haunted passages come into their own, allowing them to escape from the palace and make their way through a country in turmoil, find allies up in the mountains and return to the palace by the way they came with a band of followers, so that Taeela can avenge her fathers death.This is Peter Dickinson at his best, a cracking adventure story in an exotic but vividly created world.

A Notting Hill childrens opera is suddenly on the world stage when terrorists try to kidnap one of the children.Too old to take part in the annual childrens opera, seventeen-year-old Doll Jacobs makes a place for herself as a junior member of the opera mafia who run the show. There are always exactly one hundred childrens roles, but an exception is made for Juan OGrady, the son of the ambassador from a small South American country, Matteo.When Mattean terrorists attempt to kidnap him, Juan is hidden amongst the other children and a tense standoff unfolds as the terrorists hold the cast and crew hostage and search for him. Dickinsons philosophical investigation of whether we can defend art for arts sake is also a taut thriller that will hold readers of all ages to the very end.