Books with author John O'Connor

“Have you ever looked at the bark of a tree and thought you saw a face then looked back again and the face isn’t there? Maybe it is there. Maybe trees are alive in ways we don’t understand, watching, waiting…”Mixing myth and adventure, fantasy and realism, Living Things is the exciting sequel to Elemental and the second volume of the Heart of the World series following the adventures of Tom Allenby whose destiny is to defend the world in the place around which all of the planet’s elemental energy flows.Tom Allenby’s second incredible adventure in the village of Rooksbourne begins when he discovers that a girl called Ellie appears to share his powers of controlling the elements- but is she a friend or a threat? What has happened to all the birds and animals in the woods? Who is the mysterious figure dressed in a cloak of leaves? What power is causing violent incidents to occur at Harrow Hill School? As the truth unfolds, Tom and his friends battle a newly awoken enemy that wants to wipe out all humanity.

Tiny Sir Small rides his trusty ant into Itty-Bitty City and immediately must rise to the challenge of rescuing the prince who, the queen fears, was taken captive by a terrible sea monster while out in his boat (a peanut shell). Beginning readers will chuckle at the final revelation: the sea monster is really a frog.From the Trade Paperback edition.

THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.'A triumph...A spectacular breakthrough' Sunday Times'[Joseph O'Connor is] Ireland's most brilliant storyteller' Independent on Sunday

2002 Signed First Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover Edition (British) Signed: by author Full number line: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Very Good+/Very Good+ Dust jacket is in very good+ condition wrapped in a mylar protective cover. Flaws: Minimal signs of shelf wear on fold tips. Book is in very good+ condition, boards and spine are straight, pages clean, no remainder mark. Flaws: Page edge toning/tanning (light) can be seen; Fading at bottom edge of spine (1/8" strip) from sun exposure. This copy was an original purchase and read once. Very good+ used copy of this title with flaws noted.