Books published by publisher O'Brien Pr

Volume II of The Archisan Tales. Taya and Lorkrin's shape-changing Myunan tribe faces an invasion by Noran, which is intent on mining the valuable iron ore from their sacred mountain, Absaleth. But the mountain is haunted and fights back with supernatural powers. Then a mine tunnel collapses and the miners are trapped. With them are Taya and Lorkrin's parents, Nayalla and Mirkrin, who had been searching for their unruly children. Taya and Lorkrin are terrified for their parents. But help arrives in the form of their Uncle Emos. He and his friend Draegar know there is one chance for the trapped people -- another entrance to the caves far back in the mountain range. A rescue party sets out as the mountain starts to collapse in on itself.

A grizzly bear walked all the way from the zoo to my front door and not a single person noticed him. I suppose it helped that it was night, and that he was wearing a big black duffle coat with an enormous hood that covered his hairy head. He knocked on the front door three times, loud knocks that shook the house. Patrick makes his unexpected guest at home, while keeping him hidden from the neighbours, police and his very distractable mum! An intriguing, engaging and rather remarkable tale.

Alfie would love to win the School Conker Championship. But with Conor Hoolihan on his team and Whacker Walsh cheating all the time, he has no chance. He needs to find a Super Cracking Conker, and he needs to find one fast. Alfie must travel through the Skeleton Woods of Arcania to find the last great king of the conker warriors. Will the Conker King part with his winning conker? Alfie Green book 6

Secondary school's a whole new world! Megan and Alice are starting secondary school; with new subjects, new teachers and new friends, it's going to take a bit of getting used to. And when Megan meets Marcus, the class bad-boy who's always in trouble, but doesn't seem to care, things really start to get complicated. At least she has Home Ec class with Alice - the worst cook in the school - to look forward to, so school's not all bad! Alice's ill-fated Home Economics adventures will have readers in stitches

Alfie's house is invaded by flies. His fly-trap plant is too small to eat them all so the wise old plant uses magic to make it bigger. Then it gets BIGGER and BIGGER and BIGGER. Nothing is safe! Alfie decides the only place for the Giant Fly Trapper is in the Belching Bogs in Arcania. But to get there he must outwit the creatures of the Nanabur Mines and the deadly worm monster. Alfie Green and the Fly-Trapper is the fourth book in the Alfie Green series - available in paperback for the first time!

Inspector Plonker is once more on the trail of his old enemy, Wolfgran, but this time he's going undercover. Disguised in a pantomime wolf suit, can the Inspector and his faithful sidekick Sergeant Snoop escape being throttled by Granny Riding Hood's nephew, blasted by the Chief of Police, hand-bagged by a bus queue full of very cranky old ladies, and run over by the terrifying vets from TV's 'Pet Patrol'? And will they manage to stop the Big Bad Wolf before he gets to the Grand Gala Bingo Night and finally makes a meal of Little Red Riding Hood?

Warriors and warlords, action and adventure, growth and understanding: Truth Seeker is a gripping tale about the pursuit of honor and adventure, and the revelations that these bring. A young Viking boy flees his homeland and cruel stepfather to join his real father - a legendary warrior living in Dublin. His ambition is to gain honor through battle and brave deeds, using his powerful sword, the Truth Seeker. But he soon learns that not all battle is glorious, not all death honorable, and that sometimes your enemies have as much to teach you as your own people. A powerful coming-of-age story, set against the turbulent background of Viking raids, feudal battles and the bloody demands of the god Odin.