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Jan Mark
Jan Mark was one of the most distinguished writers for children of recent times. She won the Carnegie Medal twice – for Thunder and Lightnings (1976) and Handles (1983). Other acclaimed titles include They Do Things Differently There, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award and The Eclipse of the Century, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Her science fiction novels – The Ennead, Divide and Rule and Aquarius (all Hodder) – are acclaimed as masterpieces. A former teacher, Jan came from a London family, spent many years living in Norfolk but, for the last twenty years of her life, made her home in Oxford, where she died in 2006.
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A Pocketful of Silver
Welcome to Hodder Silver, the home of YA sci-fi and fantasy. Discover new worlds, new lands and new possibilities in this free ebook, showcasing some…
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Aquarius
Viner lives in a land that constantly floods - his skill as a water diviner has lead to ridicule. But when he is kidnapped all…
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Divide and Rule
Divide and Rule is the story of Hanno, an outsider and an unbeliever, who nevertheless conforms to society and presents himself at the temple as…
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The Ennead
Isaac is an outsider on the planet Erato - the lone survivor of a disaster elsewhere in the Ennead (a system of nine planets). But…