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Anything That isn't This by Chris Priestley
Category: Young Adult
Seventeen-year-old Frank Palp lives in a grim little apartment, in a grim little building, in an exceedingly grim (and rather large) city. Cobbled streets and near-destroyed bridges lead one through Old Town and Old New Town, and war-damaged houses stand alongside post-war characterless, concrete hutche ...Show more
Attack of the Meteor Monsters by Chris Priestley
Category: Children's | Series: Maudlin Towers Ser.
Discover the weird and wonderful world of Maudlin Towers - brilliantly written and illustrated throughout by Chris Priestley in this striking and funny package.Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom-laden, gargoyle-infested monstrosity that is their school. But when a ...Show more
Battle of Britain: A Second World War Spitfire Pilot 1939-1941 (My Story) by Chris Priestley
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: My Story
It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel...
Battle of Britain (My Story) by Chris Priestley
Category: Children's | Series: My Story
It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel...
Battle of Hastings: Double Take by Chris Priestley
Category: unmapped | Series: Double Take S.
Taking a look at history from a dual perspective, this book tells the story of Harold Godwinson and William, Duke of Normandy. When Edward the Confessor dies without leaving an heir to the throne, the two men fight for the crown the only way they know how.
Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1) by Chris Priestley
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Maudlin Towers
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Death and the Arrow (Tom Marlowe Adventure #1) by Chris Priestley
Category: Fiction
Fifteen-year-old Tom helps his father run a print shop in London. When he and old Dr Harker hear of a curious murder in the City, with the victim pierced by an arrow and holding a card of 'Death and the Arrow', they are intrigued. And as more victims are discovered, the mystery closes more tightly.
Flesh and Blood by Chris Priestley
Category: Children's
A World War Two-set chiller from the author of The Tales of Terror, perfect for fans of Darren Shan and Neil Gaiman.During the Blitz, Bill wishes he had a brother rather than his sister. After the raid, the family find and adopt a badly mutilated boy, his face so heavily bandaged that they can see nothi ...Show more
Freeze by Chris Priestley
Category: Junior Fiction
Award-winning master of scary stories Chris Priestley returns with a spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales to chill you to the bone ... When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried ...Show more
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds; Chris Priestley (Illustrator)
Category: Children's
A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 A Vulture Best YA Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Bes ...Show more
Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley
Category: Children's
Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. Mister Creecher is a monstrous giant of a man who terrifies all he meets. Their relationship begins as pure convenience. But a bond swiftly develops between these two misfits as their bloody journey takes them ever northwards on the trail of their ta ...Show more
Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley
Category: Children's fantasy
Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. Mister Creecher is a monstrous giant of a man who terrifies all he meets. Their relationship begins as pure convenience. But a bond swiftly develops between these two misfits as their bloody journey takes them ever northwards on the trail of their ta ...Show more