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Water Water Peter Dickinson,Robin McKinley What magical beings inhabit earth’s waters? Some are as almost-familiar as the mer-people; some as strange as the thing glimpsed only as a golden eye in a pool at the edge of Damar’s Great Desert Kal… OL109408W
Lord Berners Lord Berners Peter Dickinson "Lord Berners (1883-1950) was one of the most idiosyncratic and fascinating personalities in England during the 1920s and 30s. The interviews in this book come from some of the leading figures of tha… OL14927948W
The ropemaker The ropemaker Peter Dickinson Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protected from the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest’s power has begun to fade and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is the young… OL14927962W
The Lion Tamer's Daughter and Other Stories The Lion Tamer's Daughter and Other Stories Peter Dickinson Each of these stories touches on the idea of a twin, ghostly double of a live person, or a secret self. OL14927983W
Heartsease Heartsease Peter Dickinson At a future time in England when anyone knowledgeable about machines is severely punished as a witch, four children dare to aid in the escape of a "witch" left for dead. OL15855506W
Angel Isle Angel Isle Peter Dickinson While seeking the Ropemaker to restore the ancient magic that will protect their valley, Saranja, Maja, and Ribek must outwit twenty-four of the empire's most powerful and evil magicians. OL15857327W
Suth's story Suth's story Peter Dickinson When cut off from their kin and lost in the desert 200,000 years ago, Suth and five other orphans struggle to survive and to find their way to safety. OL16037789W
The Kin The Kin Peter Dickinson It is two hundred thousand years ago. A small group of children are cut off from their Kin, the Moonhawks, when they are driven from their "Good Place" by violent strangers. While searching for a new… OL18165531W
Angel Isle Angel Isle Peter Dickinson While seeking the Ropemaker to restore the ancient magic that will protect their valley, Saranja, Maja, and Ribek must outwit twenty-four of the empire's most powerful and evil magicians. OL1858309W
Mana's story Mana's story Peter Dickinson Mana and the other Kin, a band of people living in prehistoric times, search for food on the edge of a great marsh and fight a new enemy, the dangerous killers whom they name the demon men. OL1858314W
Po's story Po's story Peter Dickinson As a member of the Kin, a band of people living in prehistoric times, young Po wants to prove his bravery but finds that doing so requires overcoming great obstacles. OL1858319W
Shadow of a hero Shadow of a hero Peter Dickinson In 1989, Letta, an English teenager, learns of her heritage from her grandfather, great-grandson of the legendary hero of Varina, as he becomes involved in the nationalistic political struggles in Ea… OL1858331W
The tears of the salamander The tears of the salamander Peter Dickinson When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Et… OL1858334W
A bone from a dry sea A bone from a dry sea Peter Dickinson In two parallel stories, an intelligent female member of a prehistoric tribe becomes instrumental in advancing the lot of her people, and the daughter of a paleontologist is visiting him on a dig in … OL1858335W
Chuck and Danielle Chuck and Danielle Peter Dickinson Danielle's pet whippet, Chuck, is terrified of absolutely everything, but Danielle is sure that Chuck is going to save the universe one day. OL1858336W
Some deaths before dying Some deaths before dying Peter Dickinson The New York Times Book Review calls multiple-award winner Peter Dickinson "a stylist of subtle brilliance". Always surprising and incisive, the author of The Yellow Room Conspiracy and dozens of oth… OL1858342W
A box of nothing A box of nothing Peter Dickinson After the man in the closed, empty shop gives James a box of nothing, he finds himself in the Dump, a bizarre world filled with strangely altered rubbish and large intelligent rats. OL1858346W
Tulku Tulku Peter Dickinson A thirteen-year-old boy escapes from slaughter by the Boxers in China and joins forces with an English botanist and her escort, traveling with them to Tibet where the power of Buddhist monks transfor… OL1858359W
The dancing bear The dancing bear Peter Dickinson In 558 A.D., a saint, a slave, and his bear flee Byzantium, rescue, a princess, and face the Hun Khan. OL20543015W
The tears of the salamander The tears of the salamander Peter Dickinson Mount Etna towers above the remote villa where Alfredo lives with his uncle after a fire wipes out his family. Deep within Etna swim the magical salamanders, and he must use his strange powers to pro… OL21773090W
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