Five short stories and a whole novel which, if you blink, you’ll miss!You’ll find yourself with Alan the shepherdin a terrible battle with the evil Seth, the wicked faeries and Old Nick himself. You’ll see Danny find out that there’s more to life than trainspotting and Roy Breakspear discovering that you should never go back because you might find a lot more than you bargained for. While Jessica’s family is on holiday, a little tragedy back home threatens a split in the family which could never be healed. Stephanie and Matthew are fascinated by Sylvie’s strange Christmas guest. But he’s even stranger than they could ever have imagined. And then we’re back in 1804. Napoleon really is coming to conquer us. But Alfie thinks he’s here already. “Dennis Hamley is a specially talented yarnspinner” TES

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Dennis Hamley’s first novel, Pageants of Despair, was first published by Andre Deutsch in 1974. Since then he has written over seventy books, mainly for children and young adults. These include The War and Freddy (shortlisted for the Smarties Prize), The Hare Trilogy (Hare’s Choice, Badger’s Fate, Hawk’s Vision), Spirit of the Place, Out of the Mouths of Babes, Ellen’s People (published in the USA as Without Warning), which is set in World War 1, and Divided Loyalties, set in World War 2. He has published with Scholastic, OUP, Franklin Watts, Walker Books, Longman, Heinemann and several others. He has been published in the USA by Delacorte, SG Philips, Lothrop Lee and Shepard, Candlewick Press and Paul Dry Books. Many of his books have been translated into other languages, including German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Danish, Norwegian and Thai. Until taking early retirement in 1992 he worked as a teacher, a lecturer and an English Adviser. He still teaches creative writing and mentors new writers. He now writes mainly as an independent author. You can find out more about Dennis and his books at his own website www.dennishamley.co.uk. He also blogs regularly at www.authorselectric.blogspot.com

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