Cirrus@Austlit

'An enchanting tale of haunting places and mystical bargains, sumptuously illustrated by Levi Pinfold.

'Washed clean in his pool, we fall under his rule
Away from what is, for we are now his.

'When a young girl and her brothers step into the ghostly Paradise Sands hotel, they fall under the rule of the mysterious Teller. She makes a deal with him to free them all from his haunting paradise. But can she hold up her side of the bargain?'  (Publication summary)

'Kielder Water is a wild and beautiful place, rich in folk music and legend. Years ago, before a great dam was built to fill the valley with water, there were farms and homesteads in that valley and musicians who livened their rooms with song. After the village was abandoned and before the waters rushed in, a father and daughter returned there. The girl began to play her fiddle, bringing her tune to one empty house after another—for this was the last time that music would be heard in that place.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Frank does not know how to feel when Nick Underbridge rescues her from bullies one afternoon. No one likes Nick. He is big, he is weird and he smells - or so everyone in Frank's class thinks. And yet, there is something nice about Nick's house. There is strange music playing there, and it feels light and good and makes Frank feel happy for the first time in forever. But there is more to Nick and to his house, than meets the eye, and soon Frank realises she is not the only one keeping secrets. Or the only one who needs help. A poignant, darkly comic and deeply moving story about the power of the extraordinary, and finding friendship where you least expect it.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

'Mr Barleycorn picks a green baby growing on his land, letting loose the incredible power of nature. When melons grow in the kitchen and apples sprout out of their television, Mrs Barleycorn says the Greenling has to go. But the bounty and beauty of nature has a strange power - the power to bring a whole community together.' (Publication summary)

'When a huge black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household sees it and hides. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the black dog, who might not be as frightening as everyone else thinks.' (Publisher's blurb)