Books with author Sue Perkins

Silver dragons keep Neisha's people trapped beneath an icy plateau. She dreams of Tane who promises to come and help her. Tane's plan is not only to rescue Neisha but to also release her people. He hopes to talk to the silver dragons and introduce them to his dragon friends in the south. Disaster strikes when Tane has an accident and he becomes trapped with Neisha's people. He goes to the surface to try to connect with his own people bu the silver dragons attack. Will he his plan meet with success, or will he remain trapped under the ice.

Reva, her garden gnome and three companions travel across the land to save Fey from the evil known as Malice. Only Reva can rid the world of Malice. Their journey brings danger and they might not survive. Malice’s evil has invaded many the beasts of the land who try to stop the quest companions reaching their goal. One of the companions acts strangely, and Reva has to consider the possibility of a traitor in their midst.

Fury's family leave the city for a six month visit to rural New Zealand. They stay in an old house belonging to her mother's family, but who is the ghostly figure in a hidden attic room and why is Fury the only one who can see her? She learns the ghost is the spirit of the original owner who has been trapped in the room for one hundred years.Fury promises to help the spirit lady to end her earthly existence. Problems arise when Fury delves into the past to find the answers she needs.

The computer powers down, ejecting a star fighter from his program. Flic offers to help Stargun find his way home, but the task is harder than he thinks. The star fighter's impatience leads them into all the wrong programs. Flic wants to help, but he's terrified the Grand Master of the operating system will discover their plight and disintegrate both of them.

In 1908, Fader, a street urchin, takes shelter in the newly opened library to escape the cold winter. Months pass and the book characters emerge as playful phantoms in the nighttime library – all except for the green Spirit Stealer. This evil phantom steals the spirits of children who are accidentally locked in the library at night. Fader has to dodge the Spirit Stealer or his spirit will be taken. A century later, Tyler is trapped by accident and tries to help a wraith called Amelia who still has half her spirit. Will they succeed in getting rid of the Spirit Stealer? If they do what will happen to the girl with half a spirit?

Silver dragons keep Neisha's people trapped beneath an icy plateau. In her dreams she meets Tane who promises to come and help her. Neisha tries to dissuade him, convinced he will end up trapped with her people. Tane and his friend travel through cold, freezing weather but as he nears Neisha's home, he has an accident and finds himself at the mercy of the silver dragons. He is rescued by his travelling companion and taken to Neisha's home caverns. Now Neisha's worse fears have come true, he is trapped with her people. Tane has a secret he has not told Neisha. He hatches a plan to free not only himself, but all of Neisha's people too. To put his plan into action he must go to the surface, but the silver dragons attack when humans are seen on the icy plateau. Will he succeed, or will he remain trapped under the ice.

Sie is rescued from the raging sea by a red dragon of the Valdra Clan. The clan adopt her and she learns the ways of the telepathic beasts. The red dragons long to become part of the Dragon Alliance. Byron is the human representative for the Dragon Alliance. The four clans have discovered the Valdra are spying on them and they believe the red clan is planning an attack to drive them from their lands. Byron accompanies the four clans as they approach the Valdra to warn them not to consider such action. Their aggressive stance puts the red dragons on the defensive and the two sides teeter on the edge of war. Sie and Byron convince the dragons to talk, but will they be able to come to an agreement with such distrust between the two factions? The two humans would like to get to know one another, but this is impossible when they are on opposite sides of the dragon conflict.

Not So Little Cora, the feel-good book of the year for 6 – 9 year olds and the young-at-heart adults in their lives.“What’s the most loving thing to do?” asks Not So Little Cora. We find out during a fantastical journey brim full of challenges and surprises that confirm the healing power of good-hearted friendship and the heroism of courageous generosity.With poetic illustrations by Andre Reed, Susan Perkins offers up a magical tale that charms the imagination, warms the heart, and stirs the soul. Not So Little Cora gives us a beautifully crafted message about choosing kindness and is destined to become an enduring message of hope for children and adults alike for many years to come.

1966. The year England won the World Cup. Will the country that created the Beautiful Game ever win it again?The 2018 tournament in Russia isn’t far away so why test your footballing knowledge as we bring you ten questions from every World Cup since England won that fateful July day at Wembley Stadium?The book consists of 13 rounds to see how well your know your sports trivia and football history. An excellent test and a great gift for any football fan.