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Kieran Larwood

    Kieran Larwood, winnaar van de Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition, is de auteur van Freaks. Zijn levenslange passie voor verhalen en vertellen, aangewakkerd op zesjarige leeftijd, drijft zijn schrijven aan. Larwoods werk duikt in het hart van de kinderlijke ervaring en biedt unieke inzichten. Hij streeft ernaar de essentie van de kindertijd te vangen in zijn boeiende verhalen.

    Kieran Larwood
    The Five Realms: The Gift of Dark Hollow
    Uki and the Outcasts
    Podkin and the Singing Spear
    Uki and the Swamp Spirit
    Uki and the Ghostburrow
    The Beasts of Grimheart
    • The Beasts of Grimheart

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      The bard looks up at the three figures. They have black hooded cloaks and long robes. From the holes in their masks, three pairs of eyes watch him: cold, calm, emotionless. 'Yes,' says the bard. 'They're bonedancers. You don't need to sound quite so excited, though. They have come to kill me.' And so it is that the bard and and his young apprentice Rue are taken to Spinestone, the temple warren of the bonedancers. It is here that the bard is ordered to retell the tale that has got him in so much trouble . . . and so to the next instalment in the astonishing tale of Podkin One-Ear . . . Podkin, Paz and Pook once again find their home under threat, but this time they are ready to fight! Podkin and the others leave for Sparrowfast to ask their uncle for the use of his magic bow. It's the one weapon that could save them all. But as they flee into the forest depths, it seems they have been betrayed . . .

      The Beasts of Grimheart
      4,7
    • Uki and the Ghostburrow

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      From bestselling author and winner of the Blue Peter Book Award, this is the sixth adventure set in the world of Podkin One-Ear.

      Uki and the Ghostburrow
      4,7
    • It oozed and throbbed and Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. After defeating Valkus, Uki and his friends still have two more spirits to find and capture. Can Uki and his friends outwit him whilst being chased by the evil Endwatch and Jori's clan of assassins?

      Uki and the Swamp Spirit
      4,6
    • Podkin and the Singing Spear

      • 357bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Podkin is now Keeper of the Gifts - which is a tremendously important job and just a tiny bit boring. So when the Godseye Mirror begins to shimmer and shift revealing a motley crew of travellers is approaching, Podkin sees it as a sign that his world is about to be upended all over again .

      Podkin and the Singing Spear
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    • Uki and the Outcasts

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      and a life or death mission. Joined by two other outcasts - a trained assassin who refuses to kill people and a very short rabbit who rides the fastest jerboa on the plains - Uki must capture Valkus, the Spirit of War, before rabbitkind destroys itself in conflict. A thrilling new book set in the Five Realms of Podkin One-Ear.

      Uki and the Outcasts
      4,5
    • The bard tiptoes out of his room, the crow-dream still echoing in his head, making him twitch at imaginary creaks of iron wings . . . The bard must leave Thornbury. It is not safe for him to stay. Rue, his new apprentice, travels with him - keen to learn his trade - and hear the next installment in the legend of Podkin One-Ear . . . Podkin and his fellow rabbits have been sheltering in Dark Hollow after their battle with Scramashank. Paz tends to the rabbits with sleeping sickness; Crom meets with the war council . . . Podkin has nothing to do! Frustrated, Podkin goes exploring and discovers an abandoned underground chamber. Armed with the Gift of Dark Hollow, Podkin learns to moonstride, and Paz is rewarded with a magical gift of her own . . .

      The Five Realms: The Gift of Dark Hollow
      4,5
    • The Treekeepers

      • 370bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      An epic tale of trees of power and a world under threat, from the author of the bestselling Five Realms series.Here come the roots of the Shadow Tree.Whatever they touch will never get free.Liska lives in Arborven, a city surrounding an extraordinary tree that gives all those living there special powers. As a shapeshifter, Liska is training as a warrior. When she discovers that the Tree is under threat, it is her duty to act - but she can't convince anyone to listen to her. So with Lug, whose power over earthworms is dismissed as useless, and a ghost-girl, Elowen, she goes on an epic journey to defeat the worst threat their world has ever known.Illustrated by Chris Wormell this is a richly woven and thrilling fantasy with a wonderful affinity between humankind and nature - a current and vital message for young readers everywhere.

      The Treekeepers
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    • A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills some call the Razorback Downs... Podkin One-Ear is a legend: a fearsome warrior rabbit whose reputation for cunning and triumph in battle has travelled the ages. But how did he become such a mighty fighter? The answer may surprise you... When a travelling bard arrives at Thornwood Warren on Midwinter night, he is warmly welcomed. In return for food and lodging, he settles down to tell of how Podkin One-Ear - and soon the rabbits are enthralled to hear the story of how one lost little rabbit overcame the cruellest enemy imaginable, and became the greatest warrior their land has ever known.

      The Five Realms - 1: The Legend of Podkin One-Ear
      4,3
    • London 1851 Sie sind die einzige Hoffnung für die Kinder, die unter mysteriösen Umständen in der Themse verschwinden. Nachts treten sie als schaurige Attraktionen in einer Freakshow auf. Aber bei Tage ermitteln sie. Und bald finden Sheba, das Wolfsmädchen, Sister Moon, die schneller ist als der Blitz, der Riese Gigantus und Monkeyboy, die menschliche Stinkbombe, eine erste Spur. Doch wer ist der geheimnisvolle Fremde, der die Freaks plötzlich verfolgt? Was haben Baupläne für eine Maschine in Krabbenform damit zu tun? Und welche Rolle spielt die verschleierte Frau in Schwarz? Die Freunde dürfen keine Zeit verlieren.

      Freaks in geheimer Mission
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