Books with title The Sea Piper

The award-winning author of Finnikin of the Rock and Jellicoe Road pens a raw, compelling novel about a family’s hard-won healing on the other side of trauma.Award-winning author Melina Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel Saving Francesca — but five years have passed, and now it’s Thomas Mackee who needs saving. After his favorite uncle was blown to bits on his way to work in a foreign city, Tom watched his family implode. He quit school and turned his back on his music and everyone that mattered, including the girl he can’t forget. Shooting for oblivion, he’s hit rock bottom, forced to live with his single, pregnant aunt, work at the Union pub with his former friends, and reckon with his grieving, alcoholic father. Tom’s in no shape to mend what’s broken. But what if no one else is either? An unflinching look at family, forgiveness, and the fierce inner workings of love and friendship, The Piper’s Son redefines what it means to go home again.

A fun retelling of Robert Browning's classic tale for beginning chapter book readers!The town of Hamelin is filled with rats! There are rats in the cupboards, rats in the marketplace, rats in the doghouses, even rats in the pots and pans. The rats are eating all the food, chewing through the houses, and chasing away the cats. The people of Hamelin don't know what to do!Then a mysterious stranger comes to town and promises to kick out the rats for good. Can the townspeople trust this oddly dressed man? And is getting rid of the rats worth the price?

A chilling new ghost story set in the Second World War. He who pays the piper calls the tune. When Peter and his little sister, Daisy, are evacuated from London to the countryside, they find themselves on an isolated farm in the middle of a treacherous marshland. As Daisy gets drawn deeper into the secrets of their new home, Peter starts to realise that something very sinister is going on. What is that music they can hear at night? And who are the children dancing to it?

...Once upon a time, so many years ago,A little town called Hamelin succumbed to grief and woe.Such silence filled the empty streets, sorrow in the air,A suffocating cloak of grief this town was forced to wear.Its people never laughed nor smiled, no music could be heard,They went about their daily lives and hardly spoke a word.Already strange this quiet town, so dismal, dark and bleak.Stranger still, a greater loss, of which they did not speak...The Pied Piper is a classic tale now hauntingly retold in narrative rhyme from the author of "Faerytale" (previously published through Safkhet Publishing). With the darkness of the original Brothers Grimm version, The Pied Piper tells the tale of Hamelin Town and the devestation caused when they choose to cross a stranger, Thomas Bard. After mysteriously ridding the town of a plague of rats, Thomas Bard returns to request the payment promised. However, after refusing to pay in full, the people of Hamelin end up paying the ultimate price when the piper returns the following night......That very night as lights went out and people went to sleep,Their heavy cares now put to rest, their dreams were light and deep.Thomas Bard returned to Hamelin, pipe raised to his lips,With roses carved along its length and a silver plated tip.Walking through the empty streets, lit by soft moonlight,The cobbles shone a silver blue, the houses fringed with white.And as he walked he played a tune, an eerie, haunting sound,A ghostly mist with bony fingers crept along the ground...About the Author:Rachael Fuller, author of "Faerytale", has always loved the darker side to fairytales. Favouring the Brothers Grimm over Disney, the "Fairytales in Rhyme" series revisits classic fairytales told in rhythmic narrative rhyme, keeping the original darkness and even adding a few new twists along the way. "The Pied Piper" is the second in the series with more to follow. Also available now on Kindle: The Frog Prince"To find out more visit www.rachaelfuller.co.uk

The story of the pied piper of Hamelin as a picture book with detailed illustrations, a brief overview of the historic background and links to mulitimedia content at http://www.sonncom.com/piedpiper:- music videos on YouTube, - mp3-soundtracks to download, - the flute song with scores,- the German version - “Der Rattenfänger von Hameln”,- a fan shop and - a fan community.Links in the book are supported with QR-codes for a more playful experience. You can make the whole picture viewing and reading for your child a lot more entertaining by using a smartphone or tablet to scan the QR-codes.

A hilarious, laugh-out-loud short-story for 8-13-year-olds and anyone who loves baking!Some of the world’s most beloved stories are about children whose parents have high expectations for them to follow a lofty career—doctor, lawyer, politician—they just aren’t cut out for or interested in. So what do you do when your dad is Governor of your state, and he demands you one-up him, okay, maybe ten-up-him, and study to be President of the United States? Especially when all you want to do is bake pies and cakes?That’s the problem 13-year-old Henry Slush faces when he accidentally discovers that he is a baker equal to The Ace of Cakes, and a cake decorator equal to Michelangelo—according to top food magazines.Henry has his work cut out for him talking his dad into letting him be true to himself and follow his passion—or maybe he needs a little help from his ally—The President of the United States!Award-Winning Author Debra Tracy’s short stories have appeared in book anthologies published by Meadowbrook Press and Spider magazine. For more excellent reading, check out Debra Tracy's other short stories (Finding Jack! Puss In Boots Purveyor of Leather and Other Fine Paw Wear, Chop Shop) and novels: Peridot the Secret Portal, Peridot the Secret Rescue, Monet's Fun Camp, and Meet the Tanners.Adventure, fantasy, humor, and fun, at its best!I’ll be your best friend if you leave a review! :)