Charlie Laird ha dodici anni, sua madre è morta da tre e nel frattempo suo padre si è risposato con una donna che è una strega. Letteralmente. Come se non bastasse, Charlie ha dovuto trasferirsi nella lugubre villa di lei. E lì che le creature hanno bussato per la prima volta alla porta della sua cameretta. Ma quello che Charlie non sa è che i problemi sono appena cominciati. Perché all'improvviso le creature che infestano le sue notti prendono a scivolare fuori dai sogni e a confondersi con la realtà. Inizia così una serie ininterrotta di spaventose avventure che trascinerà Charlie sempre più in profondità nell'Oltremondo. Un viaggio straordinario che lo costringerà a guardare dritto negli occhi il suo incubo peggiore. Prima di poter tornare a casa, prima di sentirsi finalmente a casa.
"After burying their sister and mother, two brothers embark on a journey to the city in search of their only remaining family. On the brink of manhood, Ash must protect eight-year-old Zuko, who does not speak, his words stuck somewhere between his thoughts and his mouth. But Zuko, enchanted by nature and the rhythms of walking, seems more interested in the patterns he sees in the clouds, the stones, and the arc of the light, than in when their journey will end. When Ash finally realises who he is, - and who he is not - he must make his first authentic choices as an independent being. But can he offer his brother the same freedom, the same choices, in the face of those who have mapped out Zuko's future?"--
Haven must infiltrate the Ouroboros Society, charm Adam Rosier, and lure him into a trap. It's a plan the underground group known as the Horae believe will save the world--but Haven and Iain fear that it may destroy the happiness they've been chasing for two thousand years.
Not since he faced his fears has Charlie had so many bad dreams. Whenever he falls asleep, he finds himself in a Netherworld field, surrounded by a flock of creepy black sheep. They're not counting sheep. They refuse to jump. Even eerier, though, is that it's not Charlie's nightmare. Somehow he's trapped in someone else's bad dream
When Rachel’s brother disappears under mysterious circumstances, she must come to terms with his apparent death, though there is no body.She travels to Joburg to support her sister-in-law, Maya, with the memorial – also to escape her stifling life as a wife and mother.Rachel is unsettled when Max, her ex-lover, arrives. Despite poet Sizwe’s efforts to steady her, Rachel reels from grief and longing.Then Rachel, Maya, Max and Sizwe are involved in a confrontation that will change them forever.
"Twelve-year-old Charlie and his friends must find out why their neighboring town has become overrun with sleepwalkers before what's going around reaches them and it's too late."--
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Advises the reader on many aspects of being eight, from how to make rubber
cement boogers to how to smell delightful or where to hunt for fairies and
gnomes.
