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Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
A retelling of the Grimm's Beauty and The Beast, set in Nazi Germany. 'I fell in love the night the Nazis first showed their true nature to the world a' The Grimm Brothers published a beautiful version of the Beauty and the Beast tale called 'The Singing, Springing Lark' in 1819. It combines the well-kn ...Show more
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
Of all the Grimm fairytales, 'Rapunzel' is one of the most mysterious and enduring. It is the story of a young girl who is sold by her parents to a witch for a handful of bitter green herbs. At the age of twelve, Rapunzel is confined by the witch in a tower without stairs or a door. Years later, a princ ...Show more
Butterfly in Amber, The (The Chain of Charms #6) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Chain of Charms
Luka and Emilia Finch are in search of the sixth and final charm-a butterfly in amber. It belongs to the Grayling family who gave up their gypsy ways and moved to London. It's 1658 and London is a dangerous city, filled with cutpurses and cutthroats, and stalked by the ever-present threat of plague. Tim ...Show more
Dancing on Knives by Kate Forsyth
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
A damaged family and their generations of dangerous secrets At twenty, Sara is tormented by terror so profound she hasn't left her home in five years. Like the mermaid in the fairytale her Spanish grandmother once told her, Sara imagines she is dancing on knives. She feels suffocated by her family, espe ...Show more
Escape from Wolfhaven Castle (The Impossible Quest #1) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: The Impossible Quest
Wolfhaven Castle has been attacked, and only four escape capture ... Tom, trained to scrub pots, not fight; Elanor, the Lord's daughter; Sebastian, a knight in training and Quinn, the witch's apprentice. Somehow, if they are to save their people, these unlikely heroes must find four magical beasts from ...Show more
Herb of Grace (The Chain of Charms #3) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Chain of Charms
15th-19th August, 1658: Luka and Emilia must travel to the New Forest to find the Wood tribe, whose charm is a rue flower, the herb of grace. Its power is that of plants and herbs which can both heal and poison. On the way, the two children tangle with an impoverished widow, the thief-taker Coldham, a ...Show more
Lightning Bolt, The (The Chain of Charms #5) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Chain of Charms
The fifth charm-a lightning bolt forged from the heart of a falling star....Luka and Emilia travel to Sussex to find the Smith tribe who have prospered under Cromwell's rule, making cannons and weaponry. Amidst the smoke and noise of the Horsmonden foundry, the gypsy children run into old friends..and o ...Show more
Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia's First Children's Author (Charlotte Waring Atkinson) by Kate Forsyth; Belinda Murrell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In Searching for Charlotte, Forsyth and Murrell tell Charlotte's story along with that of their own journey to discover her. In an intriguing account, the sisters join the reader in reacting to Charlotte's actions: wondering what could have motivated certain choices; admiring the strength of spirit that ...Show more
Silver Horse, The (The Chain of Charms #2) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Chain of Charms
13th-14th August, 1658: Emilia and her cousin Luka have the old gold coin, the gypsy crown, but are travelling with their menagerie of animals in search of the Hearne tribe hoping that this family, to whom they will soon be related, will surely help release their kin from gaol. Luka and Emilia find the ...Show more
The Battle of the Heroes (Impossible Quest #5) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: The Impossible Quest
Quinn, Sebastian, Elanor and Tom have defeated the black witch Githa and found the last crucial piece of the prophecy--the sea serpent's scale. But time is running out. Back now at Wolfhaven, they search desperately through the castle crypts for the sleeping heroes who they hope will save them all . . . ...Show more
The Beast of Blackmoor Bog (Impossible Quest #3) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Older Readers | Series: Impossible Quest
After escaping the bog-men in the wilds of the Witchwood, Sebastian, Quinn, Elanor and Tom journey south on their impossible quest. Sebastian and Elanor seek help from Crowthorne Castle, but both allies and enemies will reveal themselves. Tom and Quinn venture into the mysterious moors...where a hideous ...Show more
The Blue Rose by Kate Forsyth
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
Viviane de Faitaud has grown up alone at the Chateau de Belisama-sur-le-Lac in Brittany, for her father, the Marquis de Ravoisier, lives at the court of Louis XVI in Versailles. After a hailstorm destroys the chateau's orchards, gardens and fields an ambitious young Welshman, David Stronach, accepts the ...Show more