Alex Shearer

The Hunted

Two estranged brothers come together when one of them discovers he has a brain tumor and the other emerges as his caretaker.

A Novel

This Is the Life

Hunting the skies is not for the faint-hearted. In a world where water is scarce and deadly jellyfish swim through the sky, mollycoddled teenager Christien dreams of excitement and danger. When he meets the exotic and alluring Jenine and her family of Cloud Hunters, he becomes determined to fulfil that dream...In a richly imaginative tale, perfect for both boys and girls as they launch themselves into the world of fiction as independent readers, Alex Shearer creates a Dahl-esque fantasy that roams through realms of magic, wonder and adventure.

The Cloud Hunters

Fergal collects tins. He likes the bargain ones without labels because the contents are always a surprise. But one day he makes a gruesome discovery of a finger inside one tin, and the word HELP inside another...and what was just a screwball hobby becomes a deadly can of worms.

Tins

Os Perseguidos

Cacciatori di nuvole

Fergal is a self-confessed nerd with an eccentric hobby: tin collecting. He likes the lucky dip aspect of buying tins that have their labels missing. It's Fergal's idea of living dangerously. That is, until the day he innocently opens up a tin to find... a bloodied human finger. His next tin discovery is a note with the word 'Help'.

Bootleg

Barbara Küper

Geheimnisse einer Hexe

'Life just seems like a big party sometimes, at which we all gradually get edged to the door, and then we are out in the cold. But the party continues without us.' This is the story of Louis, who never quite fitted in, and of his younger brother who always tagged along. Two brothers on one final journey together, wading through the stuff that is thicker than water.

This is the Life

There's no telling who might write back . . . It's been a year since Tom Pellow's dad was lost at sea. He was a sailor and Tom also finds himself drawn to the vast ocean; it holds so many possibilities, dangers and secrets. After hearing a song on the radio, Tom decides to write a message in a bottle, and throw it out into the sea. To 'cast his bread upon the waters'. He doesn't really expect to hear back, but Tom keeps writing anyway, sending messages out on the tide and searching the waves for a reply. One day he finds one. It's a letter that seems to be from a ghost, deep down in Davy Jones's Locker - and the writer has a shocking answer to Tom's question. But if Tom's dad didn't perish at sea, where is he? A charming and beautifully written story about grief, hope and miracles.

A Message to the Sea

Life's a game—and someone's cheating. Meredith is a new girl at school. An orphan, living with her elderly granny. She must be lonely—or so Carly thinks, trying to be nice. But sometimes nice doesn't work. Sometimes people are worse than you could ever imagine. And Meredith has a secret—a story Carly can hardly begin to believe, about a girl with no future and someone else's past, a vicious old lady who refuses to die, and a young life stolen. For Meredith is not Meredith at all.

The Stolen

Opening an unlabeled tin can, twelve-year-old Fergal Bamfield discovers a word written inside that soon leads him and his friend Charlotte on a wild adventure that pits evil adults against clever kids in a fight for survival.

Canned

From the acclaimed author of "The Great Blue Yonder" comes a funny adventure at sea, complete with all kinds of seafaring shenanigans from mistaken identities to incorrigible twin brothers who plan to stow away on their father's three-week cruise.

Sea Legs

Tony Kenyon

Dr Twilite and the Autumn Snooze

Fergal is a self-confessed nerd with an eccentric hobby: tin collecting. He likes the lucky dip aspect of buying tins that have their labels missing - after all, you never know what might be inside. It's Fergal's idea of living dangerously. That is, until the day he innocently opens up a tin to find . . . a bloodied human finger. Everyone thinks it's a joke. But not Fergal - and when his next tin discovery is a note with the word 'Help' scribbled on it, he feels compelled to track down the factory responsible for these mysterious and macabre products. Fergal might be hungry to play detective, but has he opened a can of worms . . . ? This Dahl-esque black comedy will have readers squirming on the edge of their seats. Funny, frightening and totally gross - Alex Shearer taps into the repulsive-but-appealing tradition of urban myths that are perennial playground fodder.

A beautifully imagined adventure set in a world where islands float in the sky Hunting the skies is not for the faint-hearted. In a world where water is scarce and deadly jellyfish swim through the sky, mollycoddled teenager Christien dreams of excitement and danger. When he meets the exotic and alluring Jenine and her family of Cloud Hunters, he becomes determined to fulfil that dream... In a richly imaginative tale, perfect for both boys and girls as they launch themselves into the world of fiction as independent readers, Alex Shearer creates a Dahl-esque fantasy that roams through realms of magic, wonder and adventure.

Liangzhong Lü

天蓝色的彼岸

In un futuro molto distante la terra è scomparsa e gli uomini vivono su isole galleggianti nell’aria. L’acqua è diventata il bene più prezioso, ricavata dalle poche nuvole rimaste in cielo. I cacciatori di nuvole le trovano e le rivendono affrontando i pericoli dell’aria aperta come i balenieri di Melville. Christien, adolescente di buona famiglia, conosce a scuola Jenine, una ragazza cacciatrice di nuvole e si innamora di lei e del suo mondo. Diventano amici nonostante le differenze culturali: i cacciatori di nuvole sono rudi e considerati selvaggi dal resto della società. Il ragazzo, affascinato dai cacciatori, viaggerà a caccia di nuvole affronterà un’incredibile avventura per salvare il padre di Jenine, imprigionato e condannato a morte in un isola tirannica. “Un’idea originale e affascinante con una scrittura poetica e perfettamente calibrata, un mondo fantastico e un finale sorprendente” The Guardian “Il libro è originale. Fa pensare, emoziona, coinvolge, ed è anche una vera storia d’amore”. Book of the Week, Books for Keeps Alex Shearer nasce nel nord della Scozia nel 1949. Appassionato di scrittura sin da giovane, inizia a lavorare per la televisione come autore di drammi, commedie e serial. Passa poi con successo alla narrativa per ragazzi, diventando uno degli autori inglesi più prolifici e di successo con libri come The Greatest Store in the World, Bootleg e The Speed of Dark. Con Cacciatori di nuvole, l’ultimo suo bestseller tradotto in 11 lingue diverse, esordisce in Italia.

Christopher Mallan loves Ernst Eckmann's sculptures. He visits his gallery often on his way home from school to marvel at the creations. They are so tiny and perfect they appear almost real. One day, the impossible happens - Christopher sees a sculpture move and dance. It even seems to breathe.

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