by Catherine Jinks (2008)
The award-winning Pagan Chronicles are international bestsellers. And the action-packed epic continues with the adventures of Babylonne - as feisty, funny and irresistible as her famous father. 'The quality and pace of Jinks's writing is flawless . . . a triumph.'- Sydney Morning Herald'We've forbidden her to speak. We've stuffed her mouth with tow. We've shaved off her hair, once or twice. We've even locked her in that chest over there. And she remains incorrigible. She's eaten up with sin, Holy Father, I don't know what to do with her any more.'At sixteen, Babylonne is desperate. She's been starved and beaten, she's endured six bloody sieges, and now her aunt wants her to marry a crazy old man who thinks he's a giant olive.Can she trust the mysterious priest who's been spying on her, claiming to be a friend of her father's? Or would it be better to fight - and perhaps die - in the long, vicious war with the French?Catherine Jinks's award-winning Pagan series are international bestsellers. Now her action-packed epic continues with Book Five of the Pagan Chronicles - Pagan's daughter, Babylonne, is as feisty, funny and irresistible as her famous father.'Full of the richly-textured, high-smelling, highly individualistic atmosphere of the Middle Ages,Catherine Jinks's Pagan series offers unforgettable characters in an extraordinary setting and time,presented in crisp, pungent prose.' - Sophie Masson
Daniel Mativat
"Le courageux Siegfried brave maints dangers pour affronter son destin. Il fera la rencontre de deux femmes dont il sera follement p̌ris. L'une d'elles lui donnera sa vie, l'autre lui apportera la mort. Rčit p̌ique passionnant d'un hřos germanique lǧendaire, rempli de luttes, de df̌is, de sang, mais principalement d'amour. Un livre captivant." Rf̌. La Sľection de livres pour les jeunes (de 12 ̉17 ans) 2001-2002.
Joan Lennon
Pip the orphan and Perfect, the stone gargoyle meet up with a mysterious stranger - a man with a murky past. Hot on his trail is the Holy Hunter, sniffing out demons and devils and any who have been in contact with witches. By accident, Pip becomes his quarry. Can Perfect, some red ribbons and a handful of pepper save the day?
Gloria Skurzynski
A novel of the Pied Piper legend told from the standpoint of a 14-year-old baker's assistant who dreams of freedom from his harsh medieval life and of a new life with the piper.
K.M. Grant
In the waning days of winter in 1244, with much of Occitan destroyed by the northern crusaders, Raimon, separated from the now-married Yolanda, tries to find a way to recover the Blue Flame from the the hands of the evil White Wolf, leader of a band of Cathars seeking refuge at the mountain fortress of Montségur.