When 12 year-old djinn twins Philippa & John Gaunt are plunged into their second fantastic adventure they need all their magical skill courage & intelligence to survive. Their adversary is the terrifying Blue Djinn who lures Philippa to a secret kingdom in ancient Babylon. John must embark on an epic journey across the globe to rescue her... ...

1942: It was towards the middle of the year when my friends started disappearing... On the island of Java the stirrings of the Second World War in Europe & the angry-looking man called Hitler seem a million miles away from Norwegian-born Lise & her siblings. Then one day her friends & neighbours start to disappear & she begins to realise that they are not safe after all. Through ten-year-old eyes Lise tells of her familys two-year imprisonment in POW camps & the brutal treatment received at the hands of their Japanese captors. For respite from the rat-infested floor of their shelter they adopt a blue door which sits on concrete posts in the ground. They live on it during the day as young Lise plots ways to protect her family from disease starvation & the desperate behaviour of fellow prisoners. This is a little girls heartbreaking tale of survival. A devastating portrayal of a childs loss of innocence to humiliating cruelty Observer ...

The forces of Hell are poised to strike... Emma's beloved John Chen is a 3000 year old Chinese god. He is becoming weaker by the day in his battle to protect her & his daughter from the Demons who pursue them relentlessly. But it is Emma who is nagged by doubts about her own nature & must find the courage to save them all... Dark Heavens Book One. Emma Donahue went to Hong Kong to become a nanny to John Chen's daughter. But John's world is different & he is no ordinary businessman
- all the gods demons & dragons in hell want him dead. & though she doesn't know it Emma holds the power to save them all... Kylie Chan's Dark Heavens trilogy is the most exciting Urban Fantasy debut of 2010. Already a smash-hit in the author's native Australia it brings a world of Oriental Gods martial arts action & romance to the genre. FILE UNDER: Modern Fantasy [ Martial arts / Chinese Gods / Magical action / Save the child!]
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Raised by Father Fujimoto a famous exorcist Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth
- the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rins veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy & becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons & keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It wont be easy especially when drawing his fathers sword releases the demonic power within him! While most of the students at True Cross Academy head home for the summer break Rin & his classmates are sent to a training camp in the forest district & the right to go on a real mission is riding on their performance! Locating & recovering their objectives in the woods is tough & will require teamwork skill & more than a little magic-and Rin will have to learn to rely on his friends. But is Mephisto masterminding something behind the scenes?!
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Raised by Father Fujimoto a famous exorcist Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth-the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rins veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy & becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons & keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It wont be easy especially when drawing his fathers sword releases the demonic power within him! The heads of the various Myodha temple families gather to discuss recent events surrounding the Eyes of the Impure King. Revelations at the meeting only deepen suspicion of Suguros father Tatsuma & angry accusations follow. Tatsumas silence on the matter isnt helping either. Amid all the swirling distrust Rin tries to make sense of things but struggles to keep his flame in check. Then Rin receives a letter that may shed more light on the current situation-and the secret past! ...

Awakened by the traitor Saburota Todo the Impure Kings massive form threatens to engulf the city of Kyoto. As the Exorcists of the Tokyo Branch & the monks of the Myodha temple do all they can to contain the demon Rin & his friends find themselves separated & facing their own battles. While Rin & Ryuji race to confront the full might of the Impure King Yukio takes on Todo singlehanded & discovers that he may be his own worst enemy! ...

Raised by Father Fujimoto a famous exorcist Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth
- the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin's veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy & becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons & keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won't be easy especially when drawing his father's sword releases the demonic power within him!
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All of Rin's friends have done their best to hold off the deadly Impure King so Rin can confront it. Now it's entirely up to Rin finish off the gigantic demon. Although Rin has finally drawn the Koma sword & found his confidence that alone may not be enough to defeat the Impure King! & Yukio's battle with the possessed Saburota Todo may have awakened something dark deep within him. ...

Raised by Father Fujimoto a famous exorcist Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth
- the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin's veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy & becoming an exorcist himself. With the defeat of the Impure King the Exwires have returned to their routine lives back at True Cross Academy
- but the routine doesn't last for long! Halfway around the world a strange encounter in the desert is the harbinger of evil things to come. An upturn in supernatural incidents at the academy involves Rin & his friends but their seemingly simple tasks are about to draw them into a far larger conspiracy. Powerful forces have begun to awaken & an old enemy prepares for a new conflict.

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Penelope Fitzgeralds final masterpiece. Set in Germany at the very end of the eighteenth century The Blue Flower is the story of the brilliant Fritz von Hardenberg a graduate of the Universities of Jena Leipzig & Wittenberg learned in Dialectics & Mathematics who later became the great romantic poet & philosopher Novalis. The passionate & idealistic Fritz needs his fathers permission to announce his engagement to his hearts heart his true Philosophy twelve-year-old Sophie von Kuhn. It is a betrothal which amuses astounds & disturbs his family & friends. How can it be so? One of the most admired of all Penelope Fitzgeralds books The Blue Flower was chosen as Book of the Year more than any other in 1995. Her final book it confirmed her reputation as one of the finest novelists of the century. ...