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2 16 y separately published work icon The Pilo Family Circus Will Elliott , ( trans. Birgit Ress-Bohusch with title Holle ) Munich : Piper , 2008 Z1254794 2006 single work novel horror fantasy (taught in 2 units)

Jamie is plunged into the horrific alternative universe that is the centuries-old Pilo Family Circus, a borderline world between hell and earth from which humankind's greatest tragedies have been perpetrated. Yet in this place peopled by the gruesome, grotesque and monstrous, where violence and savagery are the norm, Jamie finds that his worst enemy is himself - for when he applies the white paint, he is transformed into JJ, the most vicious clown of all. And JJ wants Jamie dead... (back cover)

5 2 y separately published work icon The Battle of Evernight Cecilia Dart-Thornton , ( trans. Birgit Ress-Bohusch with title Der kampf des rabenprinzen ) Munich : Piper , 2008 Z989517 2002 single work novel fantasy With vital fragments of her memory restored, Tahquil-Ashalind also regains the Langothe, a terrible longing for the world of the Faeran, for which there is no cure but to return there. She undertakes a journey to seek the Bitterbynde Gate, the only remaining way into that world. But when Tahquil's companions are ruthlessly abducted, she abandons this purpose in spite of the dreadful yearning, and sets out to try to rescue them, venturing into the land of Darke, and the blackness of Evernight. (Source: Libraries Australia)
2 9 y separately published work icon The Etched City Kirsten Bishop , ( trans. Birgit Ress-Bohusch with title Stadt des Wahnsinns ) Munich Zurich : Piper , 2007 Z1044282 2003 single work novel horror fantasy
5 9 y separately published work icon The Ill-Made Mute Cecilia Dart-Thornton , ( trans. Birgit Ress-Bohusch with title Im Bann der Sturmreiter : erster Roman der Feenland-Chroniken ) Munich : Piper , 2005 Z895389 2001 single work novel fantasy

'In a world where creatures of legend haunt countryside and forest, to be caught outside after dark means almost certain death, so the inhabitants of Isse Tower are amazed when a mute, starving foundling is discovered outside their gates. With no recollection of either its name or past, the child comes to realize that the only hope of happiness lies with a wise woman residing in distant Caermelor. But to get there, the newly named Imrhien must survive a wilderness of endless danger. Lost and pursued by unhuman wights, Imrhien is eventually saved by Thorn, a mysterious and handsome ranger, but unknown to them both a dark force has summoned the Unseelie, and malignant hordes amass in the night.'

Source: Fantastic Fiction website www.fantasticfiction.co.uk (Cited 15/4/10)

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