Books with title The Winter Room

The Winter Tree is the touching story of a young girl called Lorrie and a little tree which has lost all of its leaves. The tree looks cold and sad and with winter just around the corner, Lorrie wonders how she can make it happy again… Then she has a very bright idea. And so follows a delightful, enchanting journey through the seasons. This is a short story for children of all ages; it is also perfect for parents to read to their children at bedtime. This illustrated, full colour, fixed layout edition of The Winter Tree has been optimised for reading on Kindle tablets such as the Kindle Fire.

The third and much anticipated final instalment in the highly-praised Witches at War! seriesHilarious fun for children aged 8+ and brilliant for parents and children to read togetherStunning illustrations throughoutAs you’ll recall, the previous book in the series ended with a shocking revelation. Now, Sam and her mentor, the incompetent and rude but strangely likeable Esmelia Sniff, have been separated and evil is beginning to dominate the world.It’s the longest, coldest winter since records began and the newspapers are reporting sightings of strange and evil creatures making their way towards the Bleak Fortress. Inside the fortress Sam is a prisoner to Diabolica's evil plans while her friend, the potion expert Helza Poppin, is trapped in the dungeon and scheduled for torture.Things ain’t looking good.Age range: 8+Follow Esmelia Sniff on Twitter:@esmeliasniff and on FacebookOther titles in the Witches at War! series include The Wickedest Witch (9781843651314) and The White Wand (9781843651345).

Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast with only his dog Rowdy for company.He has stayed alive for two winters—hunting and fishing and trading food, and keeping out of sight of the Wilders, an armed and dangerous gang that controls the north, led by a ruthless man named Ramage.But Finn’s isolation is shattered when a girl runs onto the beach. Rose is a Siley—an asylum seeker—and she has escaped from Ramage, who had enslaved her and her younger sister, Kas. Rose is desperate, sick, and needs Finn’s help. Kas is still missing somewhere out in the bush.And Ramage wants the girls back—at any cost.Finn, Rose and Kas try their hardest to look after each other in the harsh post-apocalyptic world. They suffer setbacks, difficulties brought on by adults but also sometimes as a consequence of their own poor decisions. They’re kids—they make mistakes. They stuff up but they find a way through. There are no superheroes, no magical powers to help them out of life-threatening situations.A novel about honor, friendship and love, and a gripping realist teen survival narrative.Mark Smith runs outdoor education programs for young adults. His writing has won a number of awards. The Road to Winter is his first book. He lives in coastal Victoria, Australia.

From best-selling author Holly Webb comes a gorgeous wintery story of a very special friendship, just in time for Christmas. Amelia is exploring the huge, old house where her family are spending Christmas when she finds a diary hidden in the attic. It was written by a boy struggling to look after an abandoned wolf pup. Before she knows it, Amelia is transported into the wintry world of the diary. Fans of Holly Webb's The Reindeer Girl will delight in this beautiful winter's tale.

Everything within the walled-off city of the fae kingdom relies on order, but for Gwendolyn Clearwater, a sympathetic young healer, following the law can be difficult. In a single instant of pity and instinct, Gwen is sentenced to die in a labyrinth at the hands of a monster. Fate, though, has other plans. Saved by a young centaur named Gavrael who’s committed to protecting her, Gwen finds herself outside the walls and seeing what lies beyond for the very first time. Together in a world very different from what the fae had described and unlike anything she’d expected, Gwen and Gav set a trail of saved lives and healed travelers.However, no good deed goes unpunished, and their efforts drag them into the plotting human empire. With their newest weapon, the Winter Sun, the once neutral species has the power to reshape the world. Facing this new threat as well as her old life, Gwen has to learn that love and kindness will not be enough, and, with Gav by her side and the help of new friends, they must find a way to stop the humans and save a world that she only just became a part of.

From best-selling author Holly Webb comes a gorgeous wintery story of a very special friendship, just in time for Christmas. Amelia is exploring the huge, old house where her family are spending Christmas when she finds a diary hidden in the attic. It was written by a boy struggling to look after an abandoned wolf pup. Before she knows it, Amelia is transported into the wintry world of the diary. Fans of Holly Webb's The Reindeer Girl will delight in this beautiful winter's tale.

This visceral survival story pits Willa against both arctic temperatures and her own self-doubt. She'll need more than snow boots and her pilot's training to live through this experience. Seventeen-year-old Willa looks at a knight's helmet that she's made in shop class. After thinking for a moment, she looks for a sledgehammer and smashes it. Since her brother, Ray, died, her mother is never around and her father ignores her. She needs to prove herself to them--and to Ray. So when Uncle Jordy's drinking threatens to ruin her mother's research, Willa jumps in his plane and flies the cold Canadian route alone to pick up her mother.

The third volume in this powerful epic fantasy in the tradition of Robin Hobb and Peter Brett.A RECKONING IS AT HANDOn the eve of battle, an army tears itself apart from within. A new, unassailable force rises from the slaughter, with the power to raise the dead and harness wild gods. Malcolm Blakley’s fighters flee the battlefield, alliances shift and fail, and Malcolm himself is once more running for his life. Soon he will find new allies, as deadly as those he opposes, and just as trecherous.In far-off Houndhallow, Gwen Adair and Ian Blakley’s pagan and celestial followers attempt to overcome their differences, but the consequences are sure to be deadly. And the vow knight Elsa LaFey searches the wilds of Tenumbra for the key to end the war once and for all - the power of the winter vow. But time is running out, and the ultimate confrontation approaches.