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  • The Owl Service

    Alan Garner

    eBook (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, Aug. 15, 2013)
    The much-loved classic, finally in ebook.Winner of both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, this is an all-time classic, combining mystery, adventure, history and a complex set of human relationships.It all begins with the scratching in the ceiling. From the moment Alison discovers the dinner service in the attic, with its curious pattern of floral owls, a chain of events is set in progress that is to effect everybody’s lives.Relentlessly, Alison, her step-brother Roger and Welsh boy Gwyn are drawn into the replay of a tragic Welsh legend – a modern drama played out against a background of ancient jealousies. As the tension mounts, it becomes apparent that only by accepting and facing the situation can it be resolved.
  • The Owl Service

    Alan Garner, Wayne Forester, Naxos AudioBooks

    Audiobook (Naxos AudioBooks, Oct. 30, 2008)
    After hearing scratches in the attic, Alison discovers a dinner service covered in an intriguing floral owl pattern, and a series of events are set in motion that will change her life forever. Alison, her step-brother Roger, and Welsh boy Gwyn are forced into a cyclical replay of the tragic Welsh legend of Blodeuwedd, in which a woman is turned into an owl as a punishment for betraying her husband. The Owl Service is a fabulous, multi-layered book of mystery and suspense, but also a contemporary musing on love, class structure and power.
  • The Owl Service

    Alan Garner

    Paperback (HarperCollins Publishers, Aug. 5, 2002)
    Winner of both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, this is an book combines mystery, adventure, history and a complex set of human relationships.
  • The Owl Service

    Alan Garner

    Paperback (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, Oct. 17, 2017)
    A 50th Anniversary Edition featuring a new introduction by Philip Pullman, THE OWL SERVICE is an all-time classic, combining mystery, adventure, history and a complex set of human relationships.It all begins with the scratching in the ceiling. From the moment Alison discovers the dinner service in the attic, with its curious pattern of floral owls, a chain of events is set in progress that is to effect everybody’s lives.Relentlessly, Alison, her step-brother Roger and Welsh boy Gwyn are drawn into the replay of a tragic Welsh legend – a modern drama played out against a background of ancient jealousies. As the tension mounts, it becomes apparent that only by accepting and facing the situation can it be resolved.
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  • Owl Service

    Alan Garner

    Hardcover (HarperCollins Children s Books, May 4, 2017)
    Gwyn and Alison investigate strange noises in the attic, and discover a dinner service covered in droppings. Their subsequent adventure, largely told in dialogue, is intertwined with Welsh mythology. This special edition of the award-winning novel, first published in 1965, is introduced by Philip Pullman. Age 9+
  • The Owl Service

    Alan Garner, Bob Harvey

    Paperback (Collins, Aug. 16, 1998)
    Book by Garner, Alan
  • The Owl Service

    Unknown

    Hardcover (The Folio Society, Aug. 16, 2012)
    None
  • The Owl Service

    Alan Garner

    Mass Market Paperback (Del Rey, June 12, 1981)
    Gwen discovers, in the attic, a plate with an abstract design on it that can be traced into an owl, an owl that disappears when no one is looking.
  • The Owl Service

    Alan Garner

    Paperback (Odyssey Classics, March 1, 2006)
    Something is scratching around in the attic above Alison's room. Yet the only thing up there is a stack of grimy old plates. Alison and her stepbrother, Roger, discover that the flowery patterns on the plates, when traced onto paper, can be fitted together to create owls--owls that disappear when no one is watching. With each vanished owl, strange events begin to happen . As the kids uncover the mystery of the owl service, they become trapped within a local legend, playing out roles in a tragic love story that has repeated itself for generations . . . and has always ended in disaster.
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  • The Owl Service

    Alan Garner

    Hardcover (Philomel Books, Sept. 25, 1981)
    During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy.
  • Owl Service

    Alan Garner

    Paperback (Penguin Books Ltd, Aug. 16, 1969)
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  • Owl Service, The

    Alan Garner, Joel Leffert

    MP3 CD (Naxos AudioBooks on Brilliance Audio, June 28, 2016)
    After hearing scratches in the attic, Alison discovers a dinner service covered in an intriguing floral owl pattern, and a series of events are set in motion that will change her life forever. Alison, her step-brother Roger and Welsh boy Gwyn are forced into a cyclical replay of the tragic Welsh legend of Blodeuwedd, in which a woman is turned into an owl as a punishment for betraying her husband. The Owl Service is a fabulous, multi-layered book of mystery and suspense, but also a contemporary musing on love, class structure and power.