Books with author Stephen Davis

Fifteen-year-old Jake Knight is an explorer and adventurer at heart but this often gets him into trouble. When a stuffy English boarding school suspends him for rule-breaking, Jake flies out to Burkina Faso where his parents are living. He is expecting a long, adventure-filled vacation under a smiling African sun. But what awaits him there is kidnapping, terrorism and Yakuuba Sor - the most wanted outlaw in the Sahara desert.

Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the sacred manuscripts of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali.Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained as a warrior for Allah.Tonight, the Islamist rebels are coming for Timbuktu. They will install a harsh regime of law and tear apart the peaceful world within the mud walls of the city. Television, football, radios, even music, will be banned. Kadija refuses to let go of her former life. And something in her defiance draws Ali to her.Which path will he choose?

Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the sacred manuscripts of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali.Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained as a warrior for Allah.Tonight, the Islamist rebels are coming for Timbuktu. They will install a harsh regime of law and tear apart the peaceful world within the mud walls of the city. Television, football, radios, even music, will be banned. Kadija refuses to let go of her former life. And something in her defiance draws Ali to her.Which path will he choose?

With the death of Professor Valerius and his wife’s declining mental health, Christine’s future is once again uncertain. A chance encounter with Frankie results in an invitation to spend the summer at the ranch, but memories of the tragic accident there two years ago still haunt her.Raoul soon arrives in Santa Fe, eager to repair his strained relationship with Christine. All seems to be going well until a mysterious intruder interferes.Christine loves working backstage at the opera house, even with the strange ghost sightings and accidents. She looks forward to the premiere of Zoë’s opera, with renowned diva La Carlotta singing the lead, but the Opera Ghost has other plans.

'Get back on the bus!' One of the policemen was walking towards them holding his pistol.Haroun flicked on his helmet-lamp and peered in through the window of the car. Claude Gerard was dead!When the Director of the Saharan uranium mine where he works is mysteriously murdered, fourteen year-old Haroun embarks on a dangerous new role as a spy in the service of the French Government. A shocking conspiracy is unearthed - somebody is trafficking 'yellowcake', a key ingredient in the production of nuclear bombs. Faced with the threat of the yellowcake falling into the hands of a rogue state, time is running out...

'Gripping and surprising. I gulped it down' Sarah CrossanLeah Baxter is a genius. She's a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her. But Leah is at stalemate – grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn't want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen?

With the death of Professor Valerius and his wife’s declining mental health, Christine’s future is once again uncertain. A chance encounter with Frankie results in an invitation to spend the summer at the ranch, but memories of the tragic accident there two years ago still haunt her. Raoul soon arrives in Santa Fe, eager to repair his strained relationship with Christine. All seems to be going well until a mysterious intruder interferes. Christine loves working backstage at the opera house, even with the strange ghost sightings and accidents. She looks forward to the premiere of Zoë’s opera, with renowned diva La Carlotta singing the lead, but the Opera Ghost has other plans. The Angel of Music series is a current-day retelling of the novel The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux.