Books with author A. J. McAllister

Seduced by crime, troubled by conscience, Cora Parry creates a double life as she is drawn deep into Victorian London's seething underworldAbandoned to the workhouse after the death of her guardians, Cora Parry refuses to accept her fate. Under the tuition of persuasive street-rat Fletch, Cora finds herself reluctantly drawn deep into the Victorian underworld. As she is gradually seduced into a life of crime, Cora creates a persona for herself—Carrie—allowing her to separate her uneasy conscience from her actions, but soon things are spiraling out of control. Carrie is committing acts of crime that Cora knows she can't possibly have done. Where does Carrie end and Cora begin? Who is really in control, and where will it end? An atmospheric pageturner from a talented storyteller.

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This latest picture book from the fantastic author and illustrator team, Angela McAllister and Alison Edgson, is a touching, gently humorous story exploring the unique relationship between siblings. The perfect read for young children with brothers or sisters. Scurry loves sunflowers. He's got one special seed that he's going to grow just for his mummy. But his little brother, Scamp, loves sunflowers seeds, and when he eats his brother's special seed, he's in real trouble. Two small mice. One sunflower seed. And a very big adventure. If you like this, then you'll love I Want My Mummy! by Tracey Corderoy and Alison Edgson.

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Cal is a Silvertail. She never knew her mother, Sylla, and does not know that with her dying breath Sylla bequeathed her daughter the power of the Merrows - the means to battle an evil that threatens the entire ocean. When Cal meets Jake, a Creeper from the Overbreath, the two are drawn to one another. Cal, like the rest of the merfolk,is astounded when Jake is able to join them beneath the waves. Could he be the one that legend speaks of? The Tide Turner who will save their world? Time is not on their side as Cal and Jake seek the truth about themselves and their destiny...In an extraordinary adventure which spans gloomy caverns in the fathomless heart of the ocean, breathtaking chases by battalions of deadly marlin, from escaping the renegade Bloodfins, hiding among shoals of panicking silver tuna to flying over coral reefs on the wings of Cal's ray, Stinger, Angela McAllister has created a stunning underwater world, full of danger and excitement and a magical fantasy story steeped in mermaid lore,myth and legend. And never far away prowls Orcara, the terrifying sea witch, who has a secret of her own.