

The Deptford Mice Almanack (omnibus), Macdonald Young (Hove, England), 1997.įleabee's Fortune, Hodder Children's Books (London, England), 2004.

Thomas, Macdonald Young (Hemel Hempstead, England), 1995, Chronicle (San Francisco, CA), 2006. The Oaken Throne, Simon & Schuster UK (Hemel Hempstead, England), 1993, SeaStar ( San Francisco, CA), 2005. (And illustrator) The Alchmyst's Cat, Simon & Schuster UK ( Hemel Hempstead, England), 1991, published as The Alchemist's Cat, SeaStar ( San Francisco, CA), 2004. The Final Reckoning, Simon & Schuster UK ( Hemel Hempstead, England), 1990, SeaStar (New York, NY), 2002. The Crystal Prison, Purnell (London, England), 1989, SeaStar ( New York, NY), 2001. The Dark Portal, Purnell (London, England), 1989, SeaStar ( New York, NY), 2000. The Dark Waters of Hagwood, Puffin (London, England), 2008. The Thorn Ogres of Hagwood, Puffin (London, England), 1999, Silver Whistle ( San Diego, CA), 2002.ĭeathscent, Collins (London, England), 2001. Nestlé Smarties Book Prize shortlist, 1989, and Booklist Editors' Choice designation, 2000, both for The Dark Portal Lancashire Libraries Award, for The Whitby Witches. Previously worked as a model-maker for television programming. Education: Graduate of Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University). (Oct.Born May 8, 1963, in Liverpool, England. The book ends on a tantalizing and somber note, with major foreshadowing for Ben in the subsequent volumes. In particular to life and enhance the story's somewhat dark, nautical feel. Petersen's full-page half-tone illustrations bring the aufwaders Meanwhile, evil socialite Rowena Cooper also seeks the moonkelp for her own purposes, and is not above committing murder to get it. ("wanderer of the shore") in a cemetery, "eyes as big as his fists and as gray as the stormy sea" he learns how one of these "fisher folk" once married a human and bore a child, which brought about a curse from the Lords of the Deep-and Ben holds the key to finding the "moonkelp" that can overturn it. Jennet learns that Alice and the old ladies of the village are witches who engage in a monthly séance. Ben, who has seen visions of ghosts all his life, has a particularly terrifying night during which the house seems filled with them. Jarvis's (the Deptford Mice trilogy) story of witches and creatures from the sea stars orphans Jennet, 12, and eight-year-old Ben, who are brought to live with their Aunt Alice in the seaside town of Whitby.
