Books with author S. J. Howland

"In 'The Traveller's Stone', S.J. Howland has created a wondrous fantasy world, inhabited by the creatures of myth and fairytale. Any fan of J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis or Philip Pullman will immediately feel at home in this fantastical place." - LoveReadingXander King does not believe in fairytales. He prefers rational explanations, keeping his head down and trying to avoid the inevitable comparisons with his genius mother. The last thing he expects is to have his life turned upside down by terrifying shadows and an encounter with a mysterious stone tablet, challenging his entire view of reality and catapulting him into the parallel world of Haven.Faced with extraordinary creatures, ancient secrets and a heritage he does not understand, Xander is drawn into the struggle to protect the border between his own reality and Haven, and prevent disaster overcoming them both. But, as darkness spreads, he must confront new questions. Where does he belong, and is anything in Haven really as it seems?Discover the mesmerising world of Haven and the truths long-hidden in the ancient stories in this gripping fantasy adventure.

"In 'The Traveller's Stone', S.J. Howland has created a wondrous fantasy world, inhabited by the creatures of myth and fairytale. Any fan of J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis or Philip Pullman will immediately feel at home in this fantastical place.” LoveReadingXander King does not believe in fairytales. He prefers rational explanations, keeping his head down and trying to avoid the inevitable comparisons with his genius mother. The last thing he expects is to have his life turned upside down by terrifying shadows and an encounter with a mysterious stone tablet, challenging his entire view of reality and catapulting him into the parallel world of Haven.Faced with extraordinary creatures, ancient secrets and a heritage he does not understand, Xander is drawn into the struggle to protect the border between his own reality and Haven, and prevent disaster overcoming them both. But, as darkness spreads, he must confront new questions. Where does he belong, and is anything in Haven really as it seems?Discover the mesmerising world of Haven and the truths long-hidden in the ancient stories in this gripping fantasy adventure.

Despite being found wondering the beach at age five with no memory of his past, Grayson Maddocks considers himself to be a pretty average teenager. With the foster system as the only world he’s ever known, there isn’t much Gray can’t adapt to or roll with.He maybe could have even handled being almost abducted one night. However, when the girls who attack him move faster than humanly possible, and seem to harness energy out of thin air to use as a weapon, even Gray can see things are about to go way beyond normal.Barely escaping as the two girls turn their fight on one another, Gray is suddenly pulled into a world he doesn’t understand, and one he can barely believe exists. Unknowingly, he now finds himself at the center of a decades old struggle - with who or what, he doesn’t know. Gray only knows that he and his friends are being hunted; and as they fight to stay alive, he knows their time is running out.

Excerpt from To Teach That Children: Should Not QuarrelI ran and took him up in my hand, and as he lay quivering in death, he turn ed his little blood - shot eye full in mine, and Opened his little mouth, and seemed to say, What did you kill me for His look went to my very soul, and I felt very badly; so that when I thought to answer, I killed you for sport, conscience, which now first awakened on the subject, said. For sport! For sport! What right had you to kill God's creatures for sport and I have never killed a bird since.Now little boys should remember, that, when they kill robins, or any other little birds for sport, it may be sport to them, but it is death to the birds; and they have. No more right to kill birds for sport, than men have to kill them for sport, and make their mothers cry. But wicked men do kill lit tle boys, and girls, and women, and men, altogether, for glory; and that is worse than killing birds for sport.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from To Teach That Children: Should Not QuarrelI ran and took him up in my hand, and as he lay quivering in death, he turn ed his little blood - shot eye full in mine, and Opened his little mouth, and seemed to say, What did you kill me for His look went to my very soul, and I felt very badly; so that when I thought to answer, I killed you for sport, conscience, which now first awakened on the subject, said. For sport! For sport! What right had you to kill God's creatures for sport and I have never killed a bird since.Now little boys should remember, that, when they kill robins, or any other little birds for sport, it may be sport to them, but it is death to the birds; and they have. No more right to kill birds for sport, than men have to kill them for sport, and make their mothers cry. But wicked men do kill lit tle boys, and girls, and women, and men, altogether, for glory; and that is worse than killing birds for sport.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.