Which Witch? is a brilliantly witty tale of magic and marriage by Eva Ibbotson, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.'Find me a witch!' cried Arriman the Awful, feared Wizard of the North. Arriman has decided to marry. His wife must be a witch of the darkest powers - but which witch will she be? To find the most fiendish, he holds a spell-casting competition. Glamorous Madame Olympia performs the terrifying Symphony of Death and conjures up a thousand plague-bearing rats. The magic of gentle Belladonna, the white witch, goes hopelessly wrong. She produces perfumed flowers instead of snakes. And bats roost in her golden hair instead of becoming blood-sucking vampires. Poor Belladonna longs to be an evil enchantress - but how?'This kind of fun will never fail to delight' - Philip Pullman.

Which Witch?

Quand Maia apprend que de lointains parents, installés au Brésil, veulent l'adopter, elle a le sentiment de devenir une héroïne. Mais une fois sur place, ses rêves se brisent : les Carter, criblés de dettes, ont recueilli la jeune fille pour s'emparer de son héritage. Heureusement, Maia va rencontrer Finn, qui lui révélera l'univers mystérieux du fleuve Amazone.

Reine du fleuve

Set against the backdrop of gathering war, A Song for Summer is an unforgettable love story from master storyteller Eva Ibbotson, with an introduction from Ella Risbridger. When Ellen Carr abandons grey, dreary London to become housekeeper at an experimental school in Austria, she soon knows she's found her calling. Swept into an idyllic world of mountains, music, eccentric teachers and wayward children, Ellen brings order and joy to all around her. But it's the handsome, mysterious gardener, Marek, who intrigues her - Marek, who has a dangerous secret. As Hitler's troops march across Europe, Ellen finds she has promises to keep, even if it means sacrificing her future happiness .

A Song for Summer

Hal rêve d'avoir un chien pour compagnon. Ses parents ont toujours refusé, alors quand son père l'emmène à l'agence « Chiens pour tous », le jeune garçon est fou de joie. Il choisit Flocon, un jeune bâtard tout blanc. Lorsqu'il comprend que c'est juste un chien de location, Hal, désespéré, n'a d'autre issue que de s'enfuir avec lui afin qu'ils soient ensemble pour toujours. Commence alors un long voyage plein de dangers et de rencontres aussi savoureuses qu'inoubliables en compagnie d'une petite fille et de cinq chiens sans maître.Chaleureuse, drôle, émouvante, Eva Ibbotson est un immense auteur pour la jeunesse qui vous emporte dans un tourbillon d'émotions. Un grand classique.

Un chien pour toujours

Madlyn et son frère Rollo passent l’été au château de Griffstone. Dès leur arrivée, c’est un désastre! Le château est humide, en triste état et surtout complètement déserté par les visiteurs. Pour sauver Griffstone, les enfants décident de frapper un grand coup. Ils vont recruter des fantômes. Mais de vrais fantômes. Avec la tête qui se détache. Des poignards plantés dans la poitrine. Et des hurlements à glacer le sang...

Bienvenue à Griffstone

Pas question d'avoir un chien à la maison ! C'est ce que les parents de Hal ont toujours dit. Pourtant, pour son anniversaire, son père l'emmène à l'agence "Chiens pour tous". Fou de joie, le garçon choisit Flocon, une boule de poils toute blanche. Quand il découvre que l'animal a juste été loué pour le week-end, il décide de s'enfuir avec lui. Un voyage mouvementé commence alors, en compagnie d'une petite fille pleine d'astuce et de cinq chiens sans maître.

La naissance d'Annika est un mystère. Abandonnée dans une église en pleine montagne, elle a été élevée par une famille excentrique de Vienne. Sa vie bascule lorsque sa vraie mère réapparaît et l'emmène vivre en Allemagne, dans son château morne et glacé. Heureusement, Annika trouve l'amitié auprès du jeune palefrenier, Zed, un gitan passionné par les chevaux et qui rêve de rentrer à la prestigieuse école d'équitation de Vienne.

L'étoile de Kazan

Sweeping across countries, class and music, Eva Ibboton's classic historical romance, Magic Flutes, is a richly imagined tale of intrigue and identity, with a new introduction from Harriet Evans. In the spring of 1922, young Austrian Princess Theresa-Maria - known to her ancient aunts as 'Putzerl' - abandons her crumbling castle and her royal duties. Disguising herself simply as Tessa, she enrolls as under wardrobe mistress of the International Opera Company and soon loses herself in the intoxicating world of the Viennese opera. But when Guy Farne, an Englishman looking to impress his new fiance, arrives in Austria and employs the Company to perform at his newly purchased Austrian estate, he finds himself fascinated by the under wardrobe mistress, and Tessa finds it increasingly difficult to keep her two lives separate .

Magic Flutes

Spring, 1922 Tessa is a beautiful, tiny, dark-eyed princess - who's given up her duties to follow her heart, working for nothing backstage at the Viennese opera. No one there knows who she really is, or that a fairytale castle is missing its princess, and Tessa is determined to keep it that way. But secret lives can be complicated.

A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom--an island where humans live happily with feys, mermaids, ogres, and other wonderful creatures. Carefully hidden from the world, the Island is only accessible when the door opens for nine days every nine years. A lot can go wrong in nine days. When the beastly Mrs. Trottle kidnaps the prince of the Island, it's up to a strange band of rescuers to save him. But can an ogre, a hag, a wizard, and a fey really troop around London unnoticed?

Le secret du quai 13

With a beautiful cover illustration by Alex T. Smith, creator of the Claude series, The Great Ghost Rescue is a wonderfully spooky young fiction title from the award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson.'Nobody knew what had gone wrong with Humphrey. Perhaps it was his ectoplasm .

The Great Ghost Rescue

With a beautiful cover illustration by Alex T. Smith, creator of the Claude series, The Ogre of Oglefort is a wonderfully spooky young fiction title from the award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson. When a Hag, an orphan boy called Ivo, Ulf the troll and wizard Brian Brainsweller are sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, they briefly consider running away and hiding. Can they be any match for the gruesome, terrifying, ghastly, flesh-eating Ogre of Oglefort? But not all is as it first appears - the Ogre is depressed and the princess doesn't want to be rescued. The Norns, who rule their fates, decide to take things in hand and send a gang of the vilest, most petrifying ghouls to get the job done properly .

The Ogre of Oglefort

The Morning Gift is a beautiful, classic romance from much loved author, Eva Ibbotson. Ruth lives in the beautiful city of Vienna and is wildly in love with Heini Radik, a brilliant young pianist. But her world is about to change forever.When Hitler's forces invade, Ruth's family flees to London, but she is unable to get a passport. Quin, a young professor and friend of the family, visits Ruth and, in an effort to bring her back to London, he offers a marriage of convenience. As Ruth throws herself into her London life, Quin begins to fall desperately in love with her. Things are further complicated by the arrival of Heini . . .

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