Books with author Catherine Cookson

Loraine Merriwether, staying with her father at his beach appartment for her tenth grade's summer break, will need to make life altering decisions forced on her by a charismatic gang of medieval vampires. Things get really complicated when Deborah, the vampire in charge of the southwestern United States, finds out about Rain and thinks she might have a use for a human with Loraine's deadly abilities. In a world of vampires clinging to medieval views of women, the moment between sunset and darkness, eventide, is the moment between dependence and personal responsibility. It is after the darkness where even a young girl can find the strength to survive.

Get outside and have fun with activities that can be done anywhere, without the use of complex equipment, batteries, or the internetEver wondered how to make a bottle xylophone or a pin-hole camera, or thought of growing crystals in vinegar or bending water with electricity? If so, this is the book for you. Helpfully divided into four thematic chapters—"Outdoor and Adventurous," "Science and Nature," "Arts and Crafts," and "Rainy Day"—this interactive book contains 101 fun activities and traditional pastimes that are a must for young, intelligent boys and girls keen to explore the world and learn new skills. It also contains space to tick off and rate each activity as they are completed. This book is guaranteed to encourage you to switch off the TV and shut down the computer and instead engage in hours of old-fashioned fun (and a little bit of mischief).

Carly's Cat is about an abused, special needs cat who was dumped in the long grass next to an animal shelter. A worker finds Chloe and takes her inside. Once inside the shelter her life changes and she also touches the lives of the people she comes in contact with. Chloe tells her story in her own words and how she went from a shelter to a loving home.

It is written in the Law of Annwn that whoever presents the Lost Treasure the torc of kingship to the Queen at Samhain will be crowned King. Having located the torc, it's up to Jack and his friends to keep it from the clutches of Velindur, who threatens to snatch it away and claim the kingship of Annwn, which Jack knows is rightfully his. Meanwhile, somebody is kidnapping fairies and other creatures from Newton Gill Forest. The Oak Lord can help protect the creatures on Earth, but who is he and why is he so important? Follow Jack and Camelin on their mission through Catherine Cooper's beguiling landscape to protect the torc and prevent Velindur from unleashing the woes of the Book of Sorrows. The Oak Lord is the finale to Jack's adventures, which began with the international bestseller The Golden Acorn, winner of the 2010 Brit Writers Award, and continued in its sequels, Glasruhen Gate, Silver Hill and The Lost Treasure of Annwn. Jack and Camelin will return in 2015 with the first of their standalone adventures: The Wichen Tree.

Christmas is just around the corner and Jenny wants only one present for Christmas. She's been wishing on a star every night that her Christmas wish would come true, but she's afraid she hasn't been good enough all year. Even though her father has told her she had been, Jenny still had doubts that were making it impossible to wait until Christmas. This is a very long story, but it can be read in parts a little each day either by the child or the parents.

Human remains are found in Bradgate Country Park near Leicester. Rita Patel, aged 16 and waiting for her GCSE results, learns that the body may belong to a girl who lived in her house 40 years ago and she decides to find out more.For Rita it is the summer of 2012, while the dead girl, Claire Watson, also 16 years of age, left the house in Elm Drive for a better life in February 1972. Circumventing her parents’ attempts to protect her, Rita manages to enrol her unwitting family and her History teacher, into her investigations into Claire’s death. Rita has a keen interest in history, and also explores the fate of Lady Jane Grey who lived in Bradgate Park.Her discoveries highlight many social and cultural changes that have occurred in Leicester in the period which separates the worlds of the two girls, as well as identifying several sinister figures in Claire’s life. We travel forwards in time with Rita’s discoveries, and backwards in time with Claire’s activities, until the truth of what happened is revealed.