"If Coraline teamed up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you would get Olivia Stone."
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Belonging!
That would be nice. Olivia's guardian days are over. Turns out, not sneaking out at night to fight monsters has left her isolated. As the magic turning her to stone gets terrifyingly worse, she grapples with strained friendships and family tensions. Yip and Glori struggle with their own problems, and Hector is trying his best to keep them all from falling apart. A baby brother brings light an hope to Olivia's heart but a disastrous thirteenth birthday brings her world crashing down. Frightening OddsA mesmerising, twisted tale of female strength that will keep you guessing right to the last page. Olivia Stone is a shining example of what grace, grit and fearlessness can achieve against frightening odds. Prepare yourself for a journey of dark tangles and foreboding carnival folk that leaves you begging for the next chapter in Olivia and Yip's adventure. New Friendships"I don't like spiders...they give me the shivers." Olivia shudders to prove her point. This book is a children's junior fantasy novel full of magic, menace, humour and some very unlikely heroes. It is a story about friendship and finding your courage. An Unprotected CityThe Grotesques are statue-trapped and have been taken down from the roof of St. Giles Old Priory School.
With the Guardians gone, there is no one left to protect Haven from the monsters. Audio Book |
Nominated for BEST YA in 2022 Aurealis Award.Finalist in the UK Wishing Shelf Book AwardNominated in 2022 Forevability AwardsCan a broken young girl help a guilt-ridden grotesque to stop the monsters?
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What would you sacrifice?
She believes someone has swapped her brother with a changeling. Her parents think she is jealous of the new baby. They are wrong, and Olivia will do anything to get him back, even if it means losing herself, and giving in to the darkness growing inside her. Entering the lands of the fae is more dangerous than any of them could imagine. "Olivia Stone is such a great main character, and readers are really taken on her journey. Great dialogue, great action, and great characters. Just the right mix of comedy and creepy!" Adam Wallace (NYT Bestselling Author) New and TerrifyingThis book ascends to a whole new terrifying level. Together with Yip, the tiny grotesque and Glori, the wingless grave sprite, Olivia has outsmarted a hoard of malevolent trixies, and crushed an infestation of magical spiders. Now, the three unlikely guardians are about to face the most dangerous monster of them all. They will not be able to win this fight alone. New MonstersDreamweavers feed on the dread and despair of their victims. To help Yip stop their nightmarish infestation of the city, Olivia has to prowl dark streets, brave the boy's toilet and break into the old Haven Asylum.
She must face her greatest fear, the mother of all spiders, if she has any hope of saving her friend, Emmett. Unexpected HeroesOlivia is twelve years old, scarred and slowly turning to stone. To survive, she needs to discover the power hidden within her. Yip is no larger than a house-cat, the smallest living grotesque ever created and the cause of Olivia's crippling injuries. Together, they are the the last guardians, the city's only defense. |