Books with title The Glaston Giant

In the violent early days of the quarantine, Gonzalo joins a gang of thieves who live in the ductwork of McKinley High School. There he falls in love with Sasha, but as he grows too big to fit, he is forced to leave without her. A year later, he scours the infected zone for her. No matter how many murderers, puncture wounds, or militia he has to survive, Gonzalo can't give up on Sasha. In the fourth installment of the Quarantine series, Lex Thomas delivers two intertwined stories about love and longing, which merge in a conclusion where the fate of the entire infected zone hangs in the balance.

In the violent early days of the quarantine, Gonzalo joins a gang of thieves who live in the ductwork of McKinley High School. There he falls in love with Sasha, but as he grows too big to fit, he is forced to leave without her. A year later, he scours the infected zone for her. No matter how many murderers, puncture wounds, or militia he has to survive, Gonzalo can't give up on Sasha. In the fourth installment of the Quarantine series, Lex Thomas delivers two intertwined stories about love and longing, which merge in a conclusion where the fate of the entire infected zone hangs in the balance.

In the violent early days of the quarantine, Gonzalo joins a gang of thieves who live in the ductwork of McKinley High School. There he falls in love with Sasha, but as he grows too big to fit, he is forced to leave without her. A year later, he scours the infected zone for her. No matter how many murderers, puncture wounds, or militia he has to survive, Gonzalo can't give up on Sasha. In the fourth installment of the Quarantine series, Lex Thomas delivers two intertwined stories about love and longing, which merge in a conclusion where the fate of the entire infected zone hangs in the balance.

Merlin, King Arthur, the mad witch and me – Jack.Jack is our 20th Century hero who travels through the five books of this series starting age 9 in Book 1 through to age 18 in Book 5. Merlin – magician and sorcerer extraordinaire - from his Sky Tower, has has been exploring the avenues of time for a modern man who has the Druidic gifts of the ‘Old Way’ and finds that his searching points to Jack. Imagine his surprise when he draws him back – on the dragon’s breath – to Dark Ages Britain and finds him a boy of only 9 summers. ‘But he is fresh and new to mould,’ he reasons; ‘I need to know the future as well as training him up in the here and now,’ Merlin also tells himself and so begins an adventure for Jack as he time travels back and forth through the mists learning the arts required to protect the Once and Future King – Arthur. But from what or from whom?The mad witch, that’s who! Mab, who has delved into the dark arts and visited places she should never have even contemplated, knows something of the future, albeit in a muddled way, but one thing she’s certain of is that of the prophecy - if she doesn’t kill Arthur first, he will kill her! As the series progresses she appears to get stronger (and smellier as she believes that bathing will not only wash away the dirt but also her power – so it is safe to say that she is often smelled long before she arrives) and also crazier, which make her take risks that could go either way. So – will she achieve her goal?Further interesting characters include Arthur’s wolfhound, Cabal, who becomes Jack’s best friend and is also able to travel across time. Cabal, like Jack, Merlin and a few others, can mind-speak, a great help in time of trouble; Shake Spear, one of Arthur’s men, a valiant fighter and man of huge stature but who is so short sighted that he is a danger to friend and foe alike, so after being told just to roar out battle cries and shake his spear (hence his name) so that his friends could be safe, he was allowed to join in the battles; Salazar, the African – also a Druid; and, of course, the beautiful Rhianne! When Jack first arrives in Dark Ages Britain he, Arthur and Rhianne are so close in age that they immediately become firm friends. Apart from these main characters, each book brings new, amazing and mysterious beings – dragons, giants, dinosaurs, lions, chimera, the Faerie, pirates, to name but a few, along with magical masks, goblins, ghouls and ghosts galore – some seeming to have come from the pit of hell itself.Each tale romps along at a cracking pace and though every book is a stand-alone novel there is an overall story that links them all together in the age-old battle of good versus evil.Jack is now an old man and has begun to tell these tales of his adventures to his two young grandsons. As he does so it seems that the days in 20th Century Britain are getting darker and before long they are all being threatened by a frightening and malevolent force. Has that mad woman found a way to travel across time to take her revenge on him after all these years? And, after all these years without hearing a word, is Merlin about to come once more onto the scene? Well, who am I to say in such a short write up?These books are aimed purely at fantasy adventure lovers. There is no age restriction. The youngest reader so far was just 9 years old whilst the oldest was 85 and they loved them.

When her father leaves to save people from a giant who turns them to stone with his gaze, a child in a red dress is left alone. Many days and many nights go by. Every evening the girl says good night to herself in her mirror. When the last light burns down, the girl takes her mirror and a knife and sets out to find her father. "I will save my father from the giant," she says. The Stone Giant is a contemporary and timeless fairytale that tells of a child who succeeds where adults cannot. Based on a classic Swedish fairytale by Elsa Beskow, often called the Beatrix Potter of Scandinavia, whose books have been read by Swedish children for over 100 years.

When her father leaves to save people from a giant who turns them to stone with his gaze, a child in a red dress is left alone. Many days and many nights go by. Every evening the girl says good night to herself in her mirror. When the last light burns down, the girl takes her mirror and a knife and sets out to find her father. "I will save my father from the giant," she says.The Stone Giant is a contemporary and timeless fairytale that tells of a child who succeeds where adults cannot. Based on a classic Swedish fairytale by Elsa Beskow, often called the Beatrix Potter of Scandinavia, whose books have been read by Swedish children for over 100 years.

I remembered Mama had said there were giants, strong and tall, and that one was looking after me. I needed to see one, to believe. A young girl, grieving the loss of her mother, strives to find the giant that her mother promised would look after her. But there are no such things as giants-not real giants . . . or are there? She wants so desperately to believe that it seems as if she's always just missed one. Can she dream her larger-than-life guardian into reality? While she dreams, life on the farm with her father goes on. With lyrical prose her story unfolds-the seasons change, crops are planted, summer turns to fall, and the harvest is brought in. Throughout, one constant remains. The young girl does have a giant looking out for her. He's been with her all along.

Luc doesn't like to fight. He wins his matches anyway. Men always turn out to see the Boy Giant box—he's taller and stronger than anyone else at the Woodrat Club. Luc takes part to help Mr. Chilton, the man who brought him to New York. When a fast-talking stranger brings a kangaroo to the club, the Woodrat gains another attraction. The kangaroo boxing makes Luc queasy. But Mr. Chilton befriends the kangaroo owner. Soon Luc is torn between loyalty and his conscience. And if he makes a move, the kangaroo's mysterious trainer is ready to cut him down to size.

“In morning light, my heart’s delight, is slinking in and inking skin.” Firefly, one of the river people, lives by this ancient song. She yearns to be an inker and tattoo giants, just like her mother. But one morning a rogue giant kidnaps her mother and takes her up to the plateau, a dangerous place for all river people. Firefly attempts to rescue her mother, putting her own life in peril. To add to her problems, the dam that keeps her world safe begins to crumble and the giants must scramble to repair it, putting Firefly in even greater peril. Then she learns her mother harbors a secret that calls into question everything Firefly ever believed about her people, her family, and herself. From stampeding giants to flooding waters and burning mountains, Firefly copes with adventure and danger as her home and everything she knows and loves collapses. She must find the courage to survive in a new world built on the destruction of the old.

Once upon a time in Kituhwa, in a land of mountains and valleys, there lived an ancient giant and a turkey buzzard named "JoJo." This story of the lasting reward that comes from loving and helping one another is brought alive by exquisite full-color illustrations on every page, as together the giant and JoJo protect all the animals and little people who live in the land.