Books with author Alissa Williams

Wealthy orphans Adam and Cressida Bloom couldn`t be less alike. Adam can`t seem to help being exceedingly ordinary whereas Cressida, his glamorous sister, has a magnificent talent – when she sings, even the birds stop to listen. Then Cressida is invited to perform at Fortescue`s festival of young talents and Adam tags along. But once the children arrive at the festival, in a mountain-top hotel, their terrific talents begin to mysteriously disappear. A piano virtuoso suddenly forgets how to play, a maths genius finds she can no longer multiply. There`s a sinister shadow that only Adam ever sees, a strange glow emanating from behind closed doors... With the help of an erratic ex-racing driver, dashing Amy Swift, Adam and Cressida rip-roar off through the mountains in Amy`s shiny racing car, the Silver Swift . They are in perilous pursuit of the dastardly talent thief! But from a hair-raisingly close shave with an avalanche to crash landing a plane on a runway the size of a table, Adam never gives up. Perhaps he isn`t as ordinary as he first thought!

ARCHY THE FLYING DOLPHIN & The Vampire's Curse is a children's fantasy adventure... a rollercoaster ride of fun and excitement, where nine year old Thomas Parkinson and his sister, Suzy, embark on a perilous voyage of discovery, where danger lurks around every mysterious corner, and where they confront the powerful forces of evil. When Thomas and Suzy stay with Uncle Fibber for a summer vacation they discover a dolphin trapped in the wreck of an old fishing trawler. After a gruelling rescue they realize he's no ordinary dolphin... he's magical. He can fly! However, in their excitement, Thomas and Suzy invoke an evil curse where their nearest and dearest are banished into the never-ending darkness. So they embark on a perilous journey to save their beloved uncle. But they soon discover that only one person can break the evil curse... Victoria von Vampire. Trouble is she loves to boil kids in her Coffin Pot Stew. Thomas and Suzy are helped along the way by Archy the Flying Dolphin. But is he truly their friend or just another part of the evil curse, leading them straight to Victoria... to become the final ingredients in her infamous stew?