AuthorAlan Garner
NarratorWayne Forester
Duration4h 52m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS2
PublisherNaxos
VersionUnabridged
After hearing scratches in the attic, Alison discovers a dinner service covered in an intriguing floral owl pattern, and a series of events are set in motion that will change her life forever. Alison, her step-brother Roger and Welsh boy Gwyn are forced into a cyclical replay of the tragic Welsh legend of Blodeuwedd, in which a woman is turned into an owl as a punishment for betraying her husband. The Owl Service is a fabulous, multi-layered book of mystery and suspense, but also a contemporary musing on love, class structure and power.
Author: Alan Garner
Author Alan Garner
Narrator Philip Madoc
SeriesAlderley, Book 2
Duration 4h 31m
Alan Garner's exciting and atmospheric tale of magic and evil which began with 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' (book number 9955 & 9955CD) continues. Colin and Susan are not safe from the evil Morrigan and once more find themselves back in Fundindelve with the wizard Cadellin.
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Author: Alan Garner
Author Alan Garner
Narrator Philip Madoc
SeriesAlderley, Book 1
Duration 6h 19m
Exploring Alderley Edge in Cheshire, Colin and Susan are rescued from sinister creatures by a wizard, Cadellin Silverbrow, who takes them to Funindelve, where over 140 knights lie in enchanted sleep. Fundindelve was guarded by strong magic, magic that was sealed within Firefrost, the Weirdstone of Brisingamen - which Cadellin has lost. Colin and Su...
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Alderley Series Book 3: Boneland
Author: Alan Garner
Author Alan Garner
Narrator Robert Powell
SeriesAlderley Series, Book 3
Duration 4h 56m
Boneland is Alan Garner's continuation of the story thread which began in his first and enduringly popular fantasy children's novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. The Weirdstone was published in 1960 (it has never been out of print since), and The Moon of Gomrath followed, in 1963. This took the story further with the same two children, Colin and...
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Author: Alan Garner
Author Alan Garner
Narrator Robert Powell
Duration 1h 48m
Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and a Guardian Best Fiction Book of 2021 An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. Living alone in an old house, he reads comics, collects birds’ eggs and plays with his marbles. When, one day, a rag-and-bone man called Treacle Walker appears, exchangi...
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