Books with author Alan J. Garner

A tale of Alderley When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights. But the heart of the magic that binds them -- Firefrost, also known as the Weirdstone of Brisingamen -- has been lost. The Wizard has been searching for the stone for more than 100 years, but the forces of evil are closing in, determined to possess and destroy its special power. Colin and Susan realise at last that they are the key to the Weirdstone's return. But how can two children defeat the Morrigan and her deadly brood?

Magitech High is a young-adult romantic adventure set in modern day America with a twist of fantasy.Twenty years after the signing of the second Yellowstone Treaty in the wake of a brutal battle, and the grand reveal to humans of the existence of magical creatures, an uneasy truce stands in place between the US Federal Government and the North American Fairy Kingdom, two political superpowers on the brink of war. Political tensions and racial hatred are high on both sides as a bookish teenage girl with a knack for engineering, Emma Bridges, begins classes as the first human 'integration student' to attend Magitech High, a boarding school specifically for magical creatures. There she soon learns how to navigate the plethora of new species and new realities she must face as part of her role as pioneer. She also meets Rockheart, a rugged woodland fairy with a murky past who calls her his 'favorite enemy,' yet seems to go out of his way to protect her. As children in the area go missing, and Rockheart stands accused by a shadowy government agent of being involved, Emma is forced to chose the route she will take as she desperately tries to define her relationship with her 'favorite enemy' while avoiding any actions that could lead directly to a full-scale war between superpowers.