Books with title The Riddle of the Night

A race against time to save her family’s land. An amazing secret that will change everything…Before Cailean’s mother died, her father promised he would always hold on to the family land. That’s why Cailean is so shocked to learn he plans to sell it to the developer who wants to turn the land into a holiday resort.When Cailean can’t find the deed, she visits the land itself, where a mysterious cave and a riddle on her great-grandfather’s tombstone lead her to a world inhabited by faeries. Her father and an evil faery are doing everything they can to stop her. But with the help of a Newfoundland dog, her two best friends, and a rogue faery, Cailean is determined to save the land that was so dear to her deceased mother.Fans of Harry Potter and Eragon will love this book. Discover the secret Cailean learns about her heritage that shocks her to the core.

"Did you ever try to do what you thought was the right thing, but ended up getting into big trouble? I did. It was on the night of the riot."‘Snow’ Goodison works in Wanganui [New Zealand] as an errand boy for German pork butcher, Mr Schmidt. His life is care-free and includes playing rugby football and collecting cigarette cards. But, in May 1915, the passenger liner Lusitania is sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German submarine. Shocked by this horror, a group of Wanganui citizens lead a patriotic march to Mr Schmidt’s shop. It is attacked and looted. Snow was seen outside the shop during the trouble and is accused of being involved in the riot. Would he do such a thing?Based on an actual event, NIGHT OF THE RIOT is the riveting story of a 14-year old boy learning about his place in the world and standing up for what he thinks is right.Review from NZ Book Council 'The School Library' e-news: 'This delightful novel follows James ‘Snow’ Goodison from his childhood on a farm to his defining coming of age moment in the Wanganui anti-German riots of 1915. Snow becomes a shop assistant for a German butcher, and this relationship allows him to grow as a person. He learns some hard truths about the world when the shop is looted by rioters caught up in patriotic madness. The text scatters a range of carefully selected details to breathe life and context to the story, such as a tour by the Australian Rugby team and the introduction of the first Ford Model T cars to the town. These details will immerse the younger reader without suffocating them. This is a novel with a historical setting, rather than a historical novel, and the characters remain central. The earnest, upbeat tone of the text will hook young readers in. Reluctant readers will really enjoy reading this as the pages and chapters fly by in a whimsical blur. I have no doubt that anybody reading the opening will go on to read the entire text.Reviewer: Ian StewartPosition: HOD English, St Peter’s College, Palmerston NorthMATT ELLIOTT has written more than a dozen books for readers of all ages. His best-selling collaboration with illustrator Chris Slane - Nice Day for a War: adventures of a Kiwi soldier in WWI – was the 2012 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards Book of the Year, winner of the LIANZA Elsie Locke Medal and a Storylines Notable Book. Two educational stories - Grandad’s Hat and When Grandma Came to Stay - were written for the charity Alzheimer’s Research UK and produced as audiobooks read by BBC radio personality Edith Bowman.

Ruler of the Night focuses on a real-life Victorian murder so startling that it changed the culture. Readers feel they're actually on the harrowing fogbound streets of 1855 London as the brilliant Opium-Eater, Thomas De Quincey, and his irrepressible daughter, Emily, confront their most ruthless adversary. The stakes couldn't be greater -- in both the heart of Victorian society and De Quincey's tormented soul. Master storyteller David Morrell transports readers back in time, away from the modern world and into the dangerous shadows of the past.

The sin of the father will be visited upon the son.On Halloween, eight years before Denny Colbert was born, his father was involved in a tragic accident that killed twenty-two children. And one of those children can't forget.Sixteen-year-old Denny just wants to be like other kids his age. But he isn't allowed to have a driver's license or answer the telephone, and his family moves so often that he's always the new kid in school. Then there are the phone calls-they start every October, a week or two before the anniversary. Every year, the ringing of the telephone wakes Denny up in the middle of the night. And every year, his father calmly answers the calls, listening to the angry voice on the other end for several minutes before hanging up. But this Halloween is different -- it's been twenty-five years since the accident. Denny and his mother dread the inevitable phone calls, letters. and newspaper articles. But Denny's father is determined that they are not going to disconnect the phone and they are not going to move again.When Denny defies his parents one afternoon and answers the telephone, he finds himself drawn into a provocative, and potentially deadly, relationship with the mystery caller -- someone called Lulu -- who haunts his days and nights and may haunt yours.In this chillingly suspenseful novel, Robert Cormier examines the consequences of a young man's rebellion against his father's past.

The sin of the father will be visited upon the son.On Halloween, eight years before Denny Colbert was born, his father was involved in a tragic accident that killed twenty-two children. And one of those children can't forget.Sixteen-year-old Denny just wants to be like other kids his age. But he isn't allowed to have a driver's license or answer the telephone, and his family moves so often that he's always the new kid in school. Then there are the phone calls-they start every October, a week or two before the anniversary. Every year, the ringing of the telephone wakes Denny up in the middle of the night. And every year, his father calmly answers the calls, listening to the angry voice on the other end for several minutes before hanging up. But this Halloween is different -- it's been twenty-five years since the accident. Denny and his mother dread the inevitable phone calls, letters. and newspaper articles. But Denny's father is determined that they are not going to disconnect the phone and they are not going to move again.When Denny defies his parents one afternoon and answers the telephone, he finds himself drawn into a provocative, and potentially deadly, relationship with the mystery caller -- someone called Lulu -- who haunts his days and nights and may haunt yours.In this chillingly suspenseful novel, Robert Cormier examines the consequences of a young man's rebellion against his father's past.