Books with author M. C. Russell

A coming of age story of a yearling deer named Bright whose concern about his future coupled with his insatiable curiosity, gives him the courage to ask the old and wise stag about the food and shelter in the forest. During his quest Bright encounters a grumpy mountain beaver who has been rudely awakened, a logger who leaves him an apple and butterfly who is happy to take a free ride.

The flesh is weak... I killed Jules. I didn't know I was doing it; it was some kind of other me, but still -- I did it. Apparently, that's the power that comes with being Prince. I'd give anything to get rid of it. I'd give anything to be a normal guy with a dog and a girlfriend who's still alive.Instead, I have a choice. I either master this power, this magic, or it masters me. Not much of a choice, right? Worse: choosing between a coven of half-cracked witches and an evil absentee father.Who can I trust when I can't even trust myself?

This is the second Wormhole Adventures where three siblings, Paul, Sebastian and Lynn meet Barnaby, a talking raven. Barnaby had stumbled upon a wormhole where he is able to travel through time. Together the kids and Barnaby travel back in time and meet the great Victorian author, Charles Dickens. Dickens gives the children a glimpse of his life and some of the ideas behind his wonderful stories.

WHAT IF YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD SPARE THE SOULS OF THOSE HANGED FOR WITCHCRAFT IN 1692, BUT YOU HAD TO BARGAIN YOUR OWN SOUL TO DO IT? First in a new fantasy romance series, this paranormal young adult novel introduces teens November Atwood and her twin cousins--athletic Jeff and wheelchair-bound Hawk. On their way home from school, the trio discover an ancient box buried in the shadows of the abandoned Danvers Asylum for the Insane. This sets in motion the final elements of a blood bargain signed more than 300 years ago when Salem, Massachusetts was a sleepy village--and witchcraft was a hanging offense. Cryptic clues and a curious gold coin prompt the trio to venture into the tunnels beneath the asylum where Jeff is struck by "elf-shot," then abducted and replaced by a changeling. To rescue him, the two remaining cousins must journey deeper into the tunnels, to The Room of Rings, a giant portal into the past, whose keeper tells November she is "...the one they have awaited for 300 years"--she is "The Prediction." Together, November and Hawk enter the Rings and are transported back to Salem Village in the year 1701. There, November will meet the minister's son, Thomas Parris, and discover a love that can transcend time. But first, The Prediction must wager her soul to bring about an end to THE BARGAIN OF WITCHES.

WHAT IF YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD SPARE THE SOULS OF THOSE HANGED FOR WITCHCRAFT IN 1692, BUT YOU HAD TO BARGAIN YOUR OWN SOUL TO DO IT? First in a new fantasy romance series, this paranormal young adult novel introduces teens November Atwood and her twin cousins--athletic Jeff and wheelchair-bound Hawk. On their way home from school, the trio discover an ancient box buried in the shadows of the abandoned Danvers Asylum for the Insane. This sets in motion the final elements of a blood bargain signed more than 300 years ago when Salem, Massachusetts was a sleepy village--and witchcraft was a hanging offense. Cryptic clues and a curious gold coin prompt the trio to venture into the tunnels beneath the asylum where Jeff is struck by "elf-shot," then abducted and replaced by a changeling. To rescue him, the two remaining cousins must journey deeper into the tunnels, to The Room of Rings, a giant portal into the past, whose keeper tells November she is "...the one they have awaited for 300 years"--she is "The Prediction." Together, November and Hawk enter the Rings and are transported back to Salem Village in the year 1701. There, November will meet the minister's son, Thomas Parris, and discover a love that can transcend time. But first, The Prediction must wager her soul to bring about an end to THE BARGAIN OF WITCHES.

'Huge haphazard piles of shattered furniture covered in glass and brick dust leaned towards the sky like mountains of Welsh slate – little pieces of his life were hidden underneath.'Seven-year-old Joe sits on a train Paddington Station waiting to depart, with just a cardboard suitcase and a gas mask. On the platform, he sees Nelly from next door, who doesn’t get on the train. It pulls away from the station before Joe can wave goodbye.Five years later, Joe returns, looking forward to getting back to normal with his parents, but his house has been bombed, his mum has moved in with his grandparents and she’s working as a clippie on the buses, while his dad, a soldier, is away fighting in Belgium..Feeling the pinch of rationing, and lonely in a house full of adults, he visits the bombsite where his home used to be and finds Nelly sitting on the remains of the front steps. They spend every day together: Joe tells Nelly about his evacuation to Wales and Nelly helps him find things in the rubble. Overhearing his grandparents talking about Nelly, which turns his already broken world upside-down, he puts himself in danger in a quest to help her find her parents, who were killed when their house was hit by a bomb. He learns some difficult lessons about life and death in the aftermath of the Blitz.

Captain Jackman is a veteran sailor of "The Lovelace" returning to England after a long voyage to the East Indies. Ada Conway is the beautiful daughter of an esteemed British Royal Navy Commander.After a chance encounter inside an abandoned smuggler's tunnel known as "The Devil's Walk", these two characters embark on a forbidden love affair beneath the cavernous seaside cliffs. However, the existence of the relationship between this unlikely pairing is threatened by the social conventions of Victorian England as Ava struggles to satisfy the wishes and expectations of her traditional upper-class parents.Within this classic nautical tale from William Clark Russel unfolds a romantic adventure complicated by secrets of a bountiful treasure and ambitious pirates seeking to steal a fortune by any means neccessary. Captain Jackman and Ava are determined to overcome the obstacles to their love and desires at all costs.