Christopher Russell
Scarper Jack and the Bloodstained Room
London, 1860s. Eleven-year-old chimney sweep, Jack Tolchard, is inside the well-to-do Shorey family’s chimney. The walls are thin in places,…
Smugglers
(1) England, South Coast, post 1815. Twelve-year-old Reuben Hibberd knows that a shipwreck means good pickings. But there is one…
Plague Sorcerer
14th century. Set in the time of the Black Death, the story is about Brind and Aurelie, the two main…
Brind and the Dogs of War
Brind is no ordinary boy; he was raised with dogs and has a strong bond with the alpha-male mastiff, Glaive.…
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