Sabriel (Abhorsen Triology)

Sabriel(Book One) by Garth Nix

Sabriel, the Abhorsen-in-waiting must one day succeed his father (the current Abhorsen)in the task of keeping the dead out of the world of the living in a world of uncontrolled magic and dangerous creatures. The book starts in Alcesterre, a modern country south yo the Old Kingdom and away form its dangers where Sabriel is studying a variety of subjects. But her father suddenly disappears and it is revealed that he is trapped somewhere in the Wold of the Dead. Sabriel must endure a long and nearly impossible journey to rescue his father and stop the dead from crossing over to the world of the living.

Year 8's visit to Hay Festival in Segovia

On Thursday we went to Hay Festival in Segovia and it turned out to be very interesting. We went to visit Michelle Paver, an author whose most prestigious books are "The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness". This series is set in prehistoric times. Twelve year old Torak discovers the secrets of his dead father thoughout the book. Michelle Paver told us about how she became inspired to write her books, how she tried living like Torak when she was small, she even gave up sleeping in her bed to sleep on the floor, and she also explained in detail her encounter with a bear and how she swam with killer whales and seals. She also showed us some of the clothes and weapons Torak uses throughout the saga.
In conclusion, Michelle Paver explained all we wanted to know about her books and her animal-loving character.
There is an article about our visit in The Telegraph. They say we were a very entertaining audience! Click here to read it.
If you want to watch a video of her talk , clik here.

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Mandrágora

Al principio, Mandrágora puede resultar un libro poco apetecible, no sé, por la portada o por lo que dice detrás. Yo lo escogí por la escritora, Laura Gallego, pero resultó ser muy bueno. Miriam, la hija de un gran sabio llega con su padre a la corte de un rey, y, aunque no quiera admitirlo se enamora perdidamente de su hijo, el príncipe. A la vez, descubre un secreto sobre su naturaleza. Todo parece complicarse...
Un libro romántico, de aventuras, magia y misterio.

Michelle Paver: 'Inspiration is mysterious'

Michelle Paver, author of Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, reads from her book Ghost Hunter, the sixth and last book in the series, and answers questions from readers of the Guardian children's books site.

Really interesting!

Watch the video clicking here

We have got all her books in the library.

If you are interested on prehistorical children you can read as well:

Tobi Lolness

TIMOTHEE DE FONBELLE

Tobi  Lolness mide un milimetro y medio, normal para un chico de trece años que peternece a una civilizazión de minúsculos seres humanos que viven en lo alto de un árbol enorme y frondoso. Cuando el padre de Tobi, un cientifico genial, se niega a revelar el secreto de un revolucionario invento - pues sospecha que en malas manos pondria en peligro la existencia misma del arbol - la familia Lolness es desterrada a las Ramas Bajas, donde sufren una persecución despiadada. Tobi es el único que consigue escapar. Así pues, agotado sin comida ni nada, guiado por su valentia y su instinto de supervivencia huye de los malvados que intentan atraparle, ¿Sin embargo,hasta donde llegara? Si quieres saber que sucede leelo!

En un lugar de Atocha... de Santiago García Clariac

Quique es un niño que vive en Alcalá de Henares, cerca de la calle de Don Quijote. Sus padres están divorciados, su madre vive con él en Alcalá de Henares y su padre vive en Madrid. Su madre le promete que pronto se le pasará el enfado con su padre.

Al día siguiente Quique se levanta y un rato más tarde se van a la estación de Alcalá . Quique vió a una extraña persona con una misteriosa bolsa. En el andén se encontró con su vecino. El extraño hombre volvió a pasar varias veces. Un rato después entraron al tren y vió la bolsa del hombre misterioso en una de las baldas.
Si te gustan los sucesos historicos no dudes en leer este libro

Spiderwick Chronicles

There are three children called Jared who is nine, his twin Simon and Mallory who is thirteen. They all have different characteristics, Jared is naughty, they would have expelled him from school but he was going anyway. Simon is an organised person, he also loves animals. Mallory is very bossy. After their parents´ separation, they moved house with their mum. Their new house is in the countryside. At night they heard noises. Jared thought they were ghosts. They went to investigate. They found a note:

In man’s torso you will find

My secret to all mankind

If false and true can be the same

You will soon know of my fame

Up and up and up again

Good luck dear friend.

After these strange things happened. Mallory’s hair was tied to the bed!

But if Simon and Jared were innocent... who did it then???

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure, girls and boys. They have put lots of imagination on it. There are lots of fantastic characters in this story, each with different features which make them interesting. This book is of adventure and mystery but most of all magic.

Click in this image to go to the official webpage and have fun!

by Aitana 7Z