Books with author Alison Gardner

Attacked by an assassin, and positive that the next attempt will be fatal, 14-year-old Alex Weston seizes the slim chance of survival, choosing to abandon ship in a tropical typhoon. Subsequently shipwrecked onto the island of Eridor with his hamster Skoodle, Alex unwittingly crosses the barrier into a world of enchantment. He soon discovers that his beloved pet is not just a hamster, but rather a funny, opinionated, reluctant hero who regularly takes advice from his dead uncle. While on the island, they befriend a brilliant, ebullient monkey, a warrior bear and a sarcastic snake. Possessing no magic abilities himself, Alex is armed only with bravery, loyalty, sheer cussedness and wit as he fights to save his life and his friends. He must also wrestle with the suspicion that a few ounces of added rodent doesn't make him the strongest fighting unit on the island. On his journey, Alex is pursued by murderous crocodiles, engulfed by a man-eating mud swamp and attacked by vengeful wizards. But all that feels like a warm-up in comparison to his final challenge... The Serpent of Eridor is an adventure thriller threaded with humour that will appeal to children aged eight-twelve. Vivid, graphic and containing both the wonderful and the weird, it is a fast-paced story full of twists and turns. Inspired by authors such as C. S. Lewis and Anthony Horowitz, author Alison is fascinated by the genre of fantasy and enjoys weaving wild and bizarre aspects into her adventure series, including the sequel Alchemy.

Archie is a spoiled ginger cat. He lives with his owners on a small croft in Scotland. His quiet life is about to change with the arrival of a small stripy kitten called Wee Toots, who has come from the cats’ home to live with him. Archie must be a good big brother and keep the mischievous kitten out of trouble, even though he is a little reluctant at first.

Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: - Being the narrative of a winters travel and sport in Northern India is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

{Size: 14.34 x 22.59 cms} Lang: - English, Pages 352. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back [1895]. This book is Printed in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. [Please Note Author Name:-Nora Beatrice Blyth Gardner] Complete Title: Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India 1895 [Hardcover]. Author: Alan Gardner

It’s almost spring time on the small croft in Scotland where Archie and Wee Toots live. It’s nearly time for the Cromore music festival. This year, the festival is to be held on the big field at the croft. Wee Toots loves music and VERY excited. He is surprised to find he will be one on the day the festival is to be held. It will be Wee Toots very own birthday music festival. Archie is less excited; he thinks it’s all a lot of noise, fuss and nonsense, and all the people would make a mess on the croft. He doesn’t want anything to do with it. It’s up to Wee Toots to help Archie change his mind and enjoy the day and the music.

It’s Wee Toots first Christmas, on the small croft in Scotland where he lives. He’s a little confused by all the preparations, especially the tree in the house. But after a little explanation from Archie, his big brother, wee Toots is very excited. He decides he will wait up to meet Father Christmas on Christmas Eve. Archie doesn’t believe in Father Christmas because he’s never seen him, and tells Wee Toots that even if there was such a person, Wee Toots wouldn’t get any presents because he would definitely be on the naughty list. But Wee Toots doesn’t care about the presents and still wants to meet Father Christmas, if only to wish him a Merry Christmas.On Christmas Eve, it snows heavily. If Father Christmas is real, will he be able to get to the small croft and will Wee Toots get to meet him? Can Wee Toots help Archie to believe in Father Christmas too? Wee Toots discovers all it takes, is a little Christmas magic!

It’s springtime on the small croft in Scotland where Archie, a spoiled ginger cat, and his mischievous little brother, Wee Toots live. Suddenly they find that their quiet life is interrupted with the arrival of the new spring lambs and an unexpected guest. Archie doesn’t like sheep and is horrified to find a small black Hebridean lamb, in their kitchen. Wee Toots finds himself getting into all kinds of trouble when he befriends the little lamb and after a very close encounter with the eagle, he learns a valuable lesson about paying attention when outside, no matter how much fun he is having. Archie also has a lesson to learn and he realises that he was wrong about sheep and he shouldn’t judge someone on first appearances.

Fourteen year-old Alex Weston has marooned himself and his sassy hamster, Skoodle, onto the magical island of Eridor while seeking his vanished parents. Yet Alex has no magic; he must rely on bravery, quick thinking and a few ounces of rodent as he fights to survive. Alex, Skoodle and Tariq, a bear, attempt to rescue a wizard boy, Luke, who is trapped on a remote mountainside by merciless, disgusting goblins. Risking his life, Tariq is transformed into a marble statue and held ransom by a vicious gargoyle; the price for his life is for a friend to turn traitor. Their wizard friend, Zorrin, has his mind corroded by an enchanted sapphire as he attempts to return it to a mountain with a living brain; once loyal, he is now a powerful mortal enemy. Determined to save Tariq, Alex seeks help from sleeping stone lions, discovering that solving an ancient armadillo alchemist’s puzzle might give them a chance of saving Eridor from destruction by Zorrin. Yet Zorrin outwits them. Betrayed, he’s furious beyond reason; mighty beyond measure. With no spells, no weapons, Alex must somehow save his dying friends in the few minutes remaining before Zorrin murders them all.

A family mystery…with a twist! After losing their Mum, sisters Janey and Libby are being raised by their Dad. When a childminder comes along to help out, the girls have their suspicions that she isn’t all she claims to be, and decide to take matters into their own hands! Will their schemes and tricks finally show Dad what their childminder is really like? Or will they just land them in trouble? An exciting tale of mistaken identities, false arrests and confused paramedics, Hardknocks, Hiccups and Headstands is a moving and funny tale of mischief, and standing up to life’s hard knocks.