Books with author Lee Sheridan

Dante is sent to Burnley to live with stern old Mrs B. Bullied at school and unhappy at Mrs B’s, he’s desperate to find his long-lost father. After a few minor problems, he becomes involved with a gang led by an older boy who forces him to do some pretty nasty things. Will he find the strength to break away, or is he on a dark path that will eventually corrupt him?Why do people behave as they do? With the help of a telepathic device – the pek - Dante discovers the inner person can be very different from the outer image.

The pupils at Egmont Exclusive Boarding School for Girls are thrown into a frenzy of delight when famous explorer Dr Aardvark arrives to teach geography. But it's not long before Davina Dupree and her best friend Arabella notice there's something rather odd about Dr Aardvark and his menagerie of animals. However, the sudden collapse of beloved headmistress, Mrs Fairchild, quickly redirects their attention. Can Davina and Arabella get to the bottom of the mysterious goings on before anything else awful happens? For information about S K Sheridan's new releases, visit www.facebook.com/egmontschoolbooks and www.twitter.com/sksheridan, or contact her directly at sksheridan@hotmail.co.uk

Cassie has never believed in magic. Whatever her ailing aunt claims, and whatever Cassie wants to believe, fairies aren't real. The old storybook is just a storybook, and the whispering in the garden is just the wind.Tae has spent all his life watching children grow up and stop believing in magic. Every companion he's ever had, lost to the human world. All but one.When Tae and Cassie's worlds collide, both are instantly enchanted. Swept away to the magic of the faery world, Cassie thinks she's living a dream. But with the kingdom on the edge of disaster and the shadow of her aunt's illness hanging over her family, what begins as a fairytale quickly becomes complicated.Maybe deadly.Because someone is taking fae in the dead of night, and Cassie and Tae find themselves wrapped up at the center of it all with no idea which way to turn. Beneath every dazzling faery light of Arcatraissa is a shadow, and everybody, human and fae, has a secret to keep.Magic is a dangerous thing to dabble in, but old lies are infinitely more so.

Maggie Mortimer wants to give her new baby brother up for adoption, but that's the least of her worries. While her parents are at the hospital with Stupid, long lost Aunt Hyacinth arrives to babysit. Maggie soon discovers there's more to her magical relative than first meets the eye. But could Aunt Hyacinth have been concealing a dark secret about herself all along?If you enjoy magical, mystery stories or the books by Diana Wynne Jones you'll love 'Maggie and the Witch's Secret'.

When the tides roll in, death follows.That is what eighteen-year-old Hania has been told all her life. For the depths of the sea hide the cruel and magical tidespeople, strange gods and creatures of the water who see human life as nothing more than a game. When they sweep her brother away with them, a new pet for their queen, she knows she has no option but to get him back. And her one hope is Aven, a lonely, imprisoned selkie desperate to return home. So she strikes a deal.She will return his skin, and his power with it, and in exchange Aven will take her to the Realm of Tides.But once there Hania finds a world unlike any she imagined. A world of beauty and danger, of magic beyond any the old tales could have prepared her for. The longer she finds herself there the more fear of the undersea realm turns to awe-and an uneasy alliance with Aven turns to something far more thrilling and far more damning. But here deadlier creatures than Aven lurk, eager to kill her, claim her, or break her.Her brother's capture is only the beginning of the game. A game of hearts and lives, loyalty and cunning. And to save them all she must be willing to play it and win-or die trying.

Mars 200 years from now. It's been colonized but is still owned by Terra.Jae was born on Mars, but he doesn’t look like quite like the other kids. They call him a freak and, when they get the chance, beat the crap out of him. The Terrans abduct him, take him to their planet and perform painful experiments on him. He manages to escape only to learn there's a girl being kept in the next lab - a girl with the same features as him…We will colonize Mars.Our descendants will adapt to that world.And the events in this story may one day come true.

After Camari receives a note attached to a kipsee bird from the Gnomes of Nurrocon, she realizes she must enlist Isryk's aid. They are about to voyage across the ocean to help the gnomes retrieve crystals from the Magnite Sea which is guarded by a monster named the Great Vanthor. For the Greater Good, Camari uses the gauntlet in many ways along her journey. She encounters an evil troll named Alanack along the way and finds many ways to help people, as well as the gnomes. This book isn't over until it's over. Even after Camari and Isryk think they have completed their quest, they still have many dangers and challenges to overcome.

Isryk is getting married, but to whom? Camari is going on another quest, this time alone, with only the help of two quinas. She is traveling west to invite people to Isryk's wedding. On her journey she meets many people. Some are friends and some are villains. She meets a crooked knight named Cludull and an Ogre name Odiminus. She makes friends with a farmer and his family. They have adventures together.Her parents have gone on a second honeymoon to an island off the coast of Thalon. Her sister, Mila, has joined Denir, Hamil, Tanira, and Hamil's steward, Kennetton, to hunt the large and very dangerous animal, the charynd. These are their excuses for not attending Isryk's wedding. This is the final book in the Guardian of the Gauntlet trilogy.

Eleven year old Peggy Leggerty really wants to go to Pirate Academy to learn traditional pirating ways such as plank walking and sea shanty singing. But disaster strikes when the nastiest pirate in history, Captain Cut Throat Coombs, escapes from his prison ship. Peggy finds herself kidnapped and thrown into the heart of a desperate pirating adventure. Will she escape in time to save not only her parents but Pirate Academy itself?Art by AquanathaliaIf you like reading adventure fiction such as the Famous Five Series by Enid Blyton or the How to Train Your Dragon Series by Cressida Cowell, then you'll love this story. Jam packed with nail-biting jeopardy, 'Peggy Leggerty WILL Go To Pirate Academy' takes you on an unforgettable swashbuckling ride.

Cassie has never believed in magic. Whatever her ailing aunt claims, and whatever Cassie wants to believe, fairies aren't real. The old storybook is just a storybook, and the whispering in the garden is just the wind.Tae has spent all his life watching children grow up and stop believing in magic. Every companion he's ever had, lost to the human world. All but one.When Tae and Cassie's worlds collide, both are instantly enchanted. Swept away to the magic of the faery world, Cassie thinks she's living a dream. But with the kingdom on the edge of disaster and the shadow of her aunt's illness hanging over her family, what begins as a fairytale quickly becomes complicated.Maybe deadly.Because someone is taking fae in the dead of night, and Cassie and Tae find themselves wrapped up at the center of it all with no idea which way to turn. Beneath every dazzling faery light of Arcatraissa is a shadow, and everybody, human and fae, has a secret to keep.Magic is a dangerous thing to dabble in, but old lies are infinitely more so.

Seventh in the Egmont School Series. It's Christmas time, and Davina and her best friend Arabella are staying at Egmont Exclusive Boarding School for Girls over the holidays. But when Davina gets a Christmas card written in code, an exciting and mysterious adventure begins. Will Davina crack the code before Christmas Day? And who on earth is the Christmas card from? For information about S K Sheridan's new releases, visit www.facebook.com/egmontschoolbooks and www.twitter.com/sksheridan, or contact her directly at sksheridan@hotmail.co.uk

Davina Dupree's just arrived in a luxury boarding school against her wishes, but that's the least of her problems. Could it be that the two art teachers there are hiding a shady secret? And why won't the school bullies Clarice and Cleo leave her alone? Davina turns detective. This is the first in a series of novels aimed at children between 8 and 12 years old with an engaging cast of characters. The book is written in a diary format and lets the reader's imagination run wild as Davina and her friends explore the school and the staff at their school.