Catch a fallen star . . .Tristran thorn promised to bring back a fallen star. So he sets out on a journey to fulfill the request of his beloved, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester—and stumbles into the enchanted realm that lies beyond the wall of his English country town. Rich with adventure and magic, …
Kirkegårdsboken er ei barnebok fra 2008 av den britiske-amerikanske forfatteren Neil Gaiman. Boka ble tildelt flere priser da den utkom: Newbery-medaljen, Carnegie Medal in Literature, Hugo Award og Locus Award. I tillegg ble illustratøren Chris Riddell kortlistet til Kate Greenaway-medaljen for sine tegninger i boka. …
Coraline er en fantasy/grøsser-novelle skrevet av den britiske forfatteren Neil Gaiman, utgitt i 2002. Novellen har vunnet: Hugos pris for beste novelle i 2003, Nebulas pris for beste novelle i 2003, og Bram Stokers pris for beste verk av unge lesere i 2002. Boka har blitt sammenlignet med Lewis Carrolls Alice i …
Anansi Boys is a novel by Neil Gaiman. In the novel, "Mr. Nancy", an incarnation of the West African trickster god Anansi, dies, leaving two sons, who in turn discover each other. The novel follows their adventures as they explore their common heritage. Anansi Boys was published on 20 September 2005 and was released …
Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of …
The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except …
Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming -- a battle for the very soul of America . . . and they are in its direct path.One of the most …