Books with author Michelle Paver

Kandy Hamm is a witch on a mission to help other people and solve mysteries. On a quiet ride in the forest with her companion, Mandy, Kandy comes across Starlight, a wizard who has lost his white owl, along with his magical powers. He needs them back before the summer solstice celebrations begin. Kandy quickly comes up with a plan to find the owl and return her safely to Starlight in time for the festivities. But will her plan work?

When Andi is engulfed by a wave, she finds herself transported to an underwater world called Corallai. There she meets Aquanna, a creature who is part fish and part human.Aquanna tells Andi that it is her destiny to help preserve the oceans and all the life within. Andi learns all about the work the various inhabitants do to ensure the survival of the ocean’s ecosystem, and explores this new, spectacular world.

Xalien the Purple Alien returns in Michelle Path’s newest book for an exciting trip to the zoo with Jessica, Adam and Sarah. Join Xalien as she monkeys around with the apes, eats with the elephants and flutters with the butterflies. This little alien causes all kinds of mayhem at the zoo, which results in hilarious consequences, yet all the while her Earth friends teach her valuable lessons on how important it is to care for animals. As Xalien meets Earth animals big and small on her adventure, she tells her friends about the strange and wonderful creatures on her own planet in a story that is out of this world!

Xalien can’t get enough of Earth and is back for another adventure! This time she is off to enjoy a day at the beach. Jessica, Adam and Sarah introduce Xalien to lots of new things including swimming, seaweed and sandwiches. As usual, Xalien gets up to a lot of mischief! Join her as she explores the beach, even managing to teach the children how to speak to aliens along the way. This exciting fifth instalment in the award-winning Xalien the Purple Alien series is sure to delight and amuse both children and adults alike.

Everyone has something that they are scared of but what happens when someone or something has a phobia that is ironic?Imagine a pirate who is scared of birds, a witch who is terrified of toads, a cowboy who is fearful of horses, an ogress who is frightened of people, a vampire who is petrified of blood and a dragon who is too afraid to breathe fire.Phantasmagorical Phobias is a delightful collection of short stories about how these fears affect the lives of various individuals and how they manage to overcome them.There is a tale for everyone, so prise open the book if you dare and discover an amazing collection of stories sure to surprise and astonish you.

Smogg is a concrete jungle devoid of plants and animals. The city’s inhabitants live a mundane life and have never even ventured outside of the city walls. However, when Calvin Callioni and his Most Splendidly Spectacular Circus of Starzborough come to visit, Smogg’s citizens soon discover that their leader has been suppressing them. They begin to question what lies beyond the city gates and start to rebel, spurred on by the larger-than-life ringmaster and his merry troupe of circus performers and animals. Will the citizens finally wake from their reverie after all these years?

Thousands of years ago the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunter-gatherers. They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time of enchantment and powerful magic. Until an ambitious and malevolent force conjures a demon: a demon so evil that it can be contained only in the body of a ferocious bear that will slay everything it sees, a demon determined to destroy the world.Only one boy can stop it - 12 year old Torak, who has seen his father murdered by the bear. With his dying breath, Torak's father tells his son of the burden that is his. He must lead the bear to the mountain of the World Spirit and beg that spirit's help to overcome it.Torak is an unwilling hero. He is scared and trusts no one. His only companion is a wolf cub only three moons old, whom he seems to understand better than any human.Theirs is a terrifying quest in a world of wolves, tree spirits and Hidden People, a world in which trusting a friend means risking your life.Launched at the height of the Harry Potter phenomenon, the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness is the ultimate magical adventure. Audio edition also available, read by Ian McKellen.

Everyone has something that they are scared of but what happens when someone or something has a phobia that is ironic? Imagine a pirate who is scared of birds, a witch who is terrified of toads, a cowboy who is fearful of horses, an ogress who is frightened of people, a vampire who is petrified of blood and a dragon who is too afraid to breathe fire. Phantasmagorical Phobias is a delightful collection of short stories about how these fears affect the lives of various individuals and how they manage to overcome them. There is a tale for everyone, so prise open the book if you dare and discover an amazing collection of stories sure to surprise and astonish you.

When Andi is engulfed by a wave, she finds herself transported to an underwater world called Corallai. There she meets Aquanna, a creature who is part fish and part human.Aquanna tells Andi that it is her destiny to help preserve the oceans and all the life within. Andi learns all about the work the various inhabitants do to ensure the survival of the ocean’s ecosystem, and explores this new, spectacular world.