From the author of The Kite Rider comes another great historical novel, this time set in the American west, where the residents of a new settlement struggle against nature and the railroad to keep their town alive. Pulse-pounding adventure, moments of gut-bustin’ humor, and a deeply moving sense of community, make Stop the Train! a must-listen.
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Theseus is beloved of the gods. He is also—alas—a bit too beloved of himself. But when a man is bigger, bolder, stronger, and more desirable than any man around him, what is to hold his feet on the earth?
Read more →The fourth of Geraldine McCaughrean’s great quartet of novels based on the hero stories of ancient Greece chronicles the adventures of the young man who must face the gorgon, Medusa.
Read more →Odysseus Heroes: Book 1 by Geraldine McCaughrean The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus longs to return to wife and son on his island kingdom of Ithaca. But between hero and home stands an array of dangers unlike any ever faced by mortal man.
Read more →Everyone knows who Hercules is. But how many of us really know his story, with its twists and turns, its wondrous triumphs, and its aching tragedy?
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