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Willow's dad has disappeared: stolen by foxes in the night. To find
him, Willow must enter the secret world of the Forest. There she
will speak with wolves and find the magical Tower where the foxes
are ruled by their silver tongued leader, Reynard. In the Tower,
Willow sees wonders: statues walking the streets, spires reaching
to the stars, and a lion who wants to be king. But disaster is
near. The magic is running out and soon the Tower will fall. Can
Willow save her dad and find a way out of the Fox's Tower?
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The Fox's Tower (Hardcover)
Sam Thompson; Illustrated by Anna Tromop
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R530
R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
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"The best animal adventure since Watership Down" - The Times The
children's debut by Booker-longlisted author Sam Thompson is an
engrossing, thoughtful, beautifully written story about humans and
animals, voice and power, neurodiversity and acceptance. Silas is
bullied at school because his words will not come. He wishes he
could live in silence as animals do. Deep in the Forest, the foxes
live in an underground city built by their wolf slaves. The foxes'
leader Reynard controls everything with his clever talk. One day,
Silas helps an injured wolf. Then he enters the secret world of the
Forest, where the last remaining wolves fight to survive. But even
there, language is power. Can Silas find his voice in time to help
his wolf friends - can he become the Wolfstongue? "Each creature
has its own character and I love how by having names they feel real
and I have been naming creatures when I see them out on my walks."
- Oscar, aged 9, child reviewer "Has all the makings of a modern
classic." - Alex O'Connell, The Times
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Wolfstongue (Hardcover)
Sam Thompson; Illustrated by Anna Tromop
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R497
R424
Discovery Miles 4 240
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Online Safety (Hardcover)
Sam Thompson; Designed by Dan Scase
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R414
R340
Discovery Miles 3 400
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First Coding introduces children to the basic principles of
programming and computing, from being safe on the internet to their
first steps in computer logic. This series uses easy-to-read text
and colourful images, as well as real examples of code.
First Coding introduces children to the basic principles of
programming and computing, from being safe on the internet to their
first steps in computer logic. This series uses easy-to-read text
and colourful images, as well as real examples of code.
“Twelve years ago he had met Fern and the things had arrived,
nameless then, crooning and sniggering as they swarmed around her,
scrabbling at the catches of what was real.” The walls of our
world are thin, and in places they start to break down. A new love
affair awakens a host of malignant things on the fringes of a young
man’s vision. An academic uncovers an ancient song with the power
to change reality. A violent computer game turns into an obsession,
bleeding into the waking world. This debut collection from Sam
Thompson (Communion Town, longlisted for the Booker Prize) explores
the cracks in the fabric of our existence, the hinterlands where
the mundane meets the strange. Drawing upon writers like Robert
Aickman and Thomas Ligotti, Whirlwind Romance creates a landscape
all its own – a place where a single moment can be the catalyst
to turn the very nature of reality upside down. Breathtaking,
poetic, and yet shot through with an unsettling darkness, it
confirms Thompson’s place as a major talent.
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Sartori
Sam Thompson
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R342
Discovery Miles 3 420
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A Walk to Revenge
Sam Thompson
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R485
Discovery Miles 4 850
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I don't recall if I saw my first gunman in my childhood nightmares
or on my childhood streets. There were plenty in both and they
looked very much like each other. So begins Reggie
Chamberlain-King's introduction to The Black Dreams, a thrilling
and compelling collection of specially commissioned stories that
explore the emotional geography of growing up and living in
Northern Ireland. The fourteen stories gathered here criss-cross
coast, border and city as they map a 'strange' territory of
in-between states and unstable realities in which understanding is
unreliable. Obsessions, death and rebirth, violence, sexuality,
retribution and apocalypse are all part of the rich fabric of The
Black Dreams. Bringing together some of Northern Ireland's finest
writers, along with some of the best new talents, The Black Dreams
celebrates and extends the rich tradition of the weird, surreal and
dream-like in Northern Irish writing. It is also a powerful act of
imagining and storytelling - a vibrant, vivid and exhilarating
exploration of a world we cannot, or choose not, to see.
Contributors: Jo Baker, Jan Carson, Reggie Chamberlain-King,
Aislinn Clarke, Emma Devlin, Moyra Donaldson, Michelle Gallen,
Carlo Gebler, John Patrick Higgins, Ian McDonald, Gerard McKeown,
Bernie McGill, Ian Sansom, Sam Thompson
The Man Booker longlisted Communion Town reveals the shadows and
sinister inhabitants of a city that never appears the same way
twice. On crowded streets, in the town squares and half-empty tower
blocks, the lonely and lost try to make a connection. A weary
gumshoe pounds the reeking sidewalks, seeking someone he knows he
will never find. Violence loiters in blind alleys, eager to embrace
the unsuspecting and the reckless. Lovers are doomed to follow
treacherous paths that were laid long before they first met. This
city is no ordinary place. Here, the underworld has surfaced;
dreams melt into reality and memories are imagined before they are
lived. Ghosts and monsters, refugees and travellers - the voices of
Communion Town clamour to tell the stories of the city, stories
that must be heard to be believed.
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