Eva Ibbotson fue una autora británica celebrada por sus novelas imaginativas y humorísticas tanto para niños como para adultos. Sus obras frecuentemente presentan criaturas y lugares mágicos, aunque a ella misma le desagradaba contemplar lo sobrenatural, creando estos personajes para disminuir el miedo de los lectores a tales cosas. Ibbotson a menudo critica la "avaricia financiera y la sed de poder", incorporando estos rasgos en sus antagonistas. Su profundo amor por la naturaleza y el paisaje austriaco, que a menudo sirve como escenario de sus historias, es claramente evidente en sus contribuciones literarias.
Impulsiva, apasionada e inteligente, Ruth Berger ha vivido sin preocupaciones en su adorada Viena natal hasta la anexión de Austria por parte de Hitler. Toda su familia, de origen judío, se ha visto obligada a huir a Inglaterra y solo ella ha quedado atrapada en una ciudad donde la sombra del terror comienza a alargarse. En su ayuda acude Quin Somerville, un brillante paleontólogo inglés, discípulo y amigo de su padre.
A truly captivating spooky adventure from the outstanding Eva Ibbotson, bestselling author of Journey to the River Sea.
A boarding-school trip takes eleven-year-old Tally to an exotic kingdom where she finds adventure, romance and a handsome prince
High on a Himalayan mountain, a young explorer is snatched from her tent by a gigantic, hairy monster. But she soon discovers that the yeti is a brave and noble beast - and he needs her help. Dog-crazy Hal longs for a dog and finally his parents let him choose one. But they don't tell him that Fleck is only on loan for the weekend. Can Hal and Fleck find a way to be together?
Maia, orphaned at 13, is unhappy to be staying with relatives hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She becomes friends with an English boy who lives with the locals. They are forced to flee upriver, pursued by an assortment of eccentric characters.
A gorgeous, funny, charming fantastical comic adventure from the great Eva Ibbotson - now with a brilliant new cover look.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 . . .
A rich and witty classic novel of love, community and home from the award- winning and best-loved Eva Ibbotson, introduced by Laura Wood.
All Hal had ever wanted was a dog. But his wealthy parents refuse to allow him one, until they discover Easy Pets, a convenient dog-rental agency. Terrier Fleck arrives on Hal's birthday, but when he discovers that his dog must be returned, he runs away - taking Fleck with him. A wonderful adventure from a great and much-loved children's author.
Annika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a cook to three eccentric Viennese professors found her and took her home. There, Annika has made a happy life in the servants' quarters, surrounded with friends, including the elderly woman next door who regales Annika with stories of her performing days and her countless admirers - especially the Russian count who gave her the legendary emerald, the Star of Kazan. And yet, Annika still dreams of finding her true mother. But when a glamorous stranger arrives claiming to be Annika's mother, and whisks her away to a crumbling, spooky castle, Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in her newfound home...
An enchanting love story set in the Amazon, by the award-winning and bestselling author of Journey to the River Sea, now with a beautiful new cover look Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiance have begun to track her down. . .