AuthorSally Gardner
NarratorAmanda Bright
Duration6h 29m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
PublisherHarper Collins
VersionUnabridged
A heartbreaking novel for adults, from the award-winning Sally Gardner. Women imprisoned by superstition, chained by guilt. Perched on a mountain in a land of ancient forests is a village, rife with secrets. Cut off from the outside world it is run by the elders, men to whom tradition is all. Edith lives alone with her alcoholic father who is forcing her to marry the village butcher. But she is in love with a shepherd who promised to return to her. As the village becomes isolated in a sea of snow, Edith loses her power of speech. And it is this enchantment that will have far-reaching consequences, not only for Edith but for the whole village.
Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Tom Hiddleston
Duration 6h 40m
This is the story of a remarkable boy called Yann Margoza, Tetu the dwarf, his friend and mentor, Sido, unloved daughter of a foolish Marquis, and Count Kalliovski, Grand Master of a secret society, who has half the aristocracy in thrall to him, and wants Yann dead. Yann is spirited away to London but three years later, when Paris is gripped by the...
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Mr Tiger Book 2: Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Sea Dragon
Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesMr Tiger, Book 2
Duration 1h 49m
Crumble cakes! A red rogue wind is blowing and a wicked pirate captain and his crew are marauding the seven seas near the island left off the map of the world. A rare egg has gone missing and a very unhappy sea dragon wants it back. A pirate ship, the Kettle Black, is anchored in a secret cove off the island left off the map of the world. Betsy and...
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Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Rachel Atkins
Duration 8h 3m
From I, Coriander to Invisible in a Bright Light, Sally Gardner's first middle grade novel in 14 years soars with the imagination of a master story-teller. A pitch perfect, haunting story about a crystal chandelier shaped like a galleon that splinters into a thousand pieces, a girl abandoned as a baby on the steps of an opera house and a dangerous...
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Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Robert Madge
Duration 3h 40m
When his best friend Hector is suddenly taken away, Standish Treadwell realises that it is up to him, his grandfather and a small band of rebels to confront and defeat the ever-present oppressive forces of the Motherland, a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in a race to the moon. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to b...
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Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Juliet Stevenson
Duration 6h 30m
This story is told by Coriander, daughter of a silk merchant in 1650s London. Her idyllic childhood ends when her mother dies and her father goes away, leaving Coriander with her stepmother, a widow who is in cahoots with a fundamentalist Puritan preacher. She is shut away in a chest and left to die, but emerges into the fairy world from which her...
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Mr Tiger Book 1: Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon
Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesMr Tiger, Book 1
Duration 1h 39m
An enchanting fairytale about Mr Tiger, and his troupe of acrobats, Betsy K. Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker. When Betsy K. Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker, meets the mysterious Mr Tiger they have a giant challenge: a moon to turn blue, berries to collect and wishable-delicious ice cream to create. Th...
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The Boy Who Could Fly & the Invisible Boy
Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Glen Mccready
Duration 2h 25m
THE BOY WHO COULD FLY: When the Fat Fairy turns up at his house and grants him a birthday wish, Thomas Top can fly. Flying makes Thomas the most popular boy in school, but he isn't happy. His mum and dad are having problems. But then he discovers how his magical gift can make things better. THE INVISIBLE BOY: One night Sam notices a tiny spaceship...
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Mr Tiger Book 3: Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Golden Seahorse
Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesMr Tiger, Book 3
Duration 1h 47m
Following the success of their first two adventures, the intrepid pair join Betsy's mum, Myrtle the mermaid, beneath the waves. Crumble cakes! When Betsy joins Myrtle the mermaid in her underwater world, she discovers there may be monsters ... shipwrecks, lost treasure and secret cities. A seapig's prize seahorse, Pudding Pie, has been stolen by a...
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Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Charlie Sanderson
SeriesThe Tindims, Book 1
Duration 1h 7m
What is rubbish today is treasure tomorrow. Join Captain Spoons, Mug, Jug, Brew, Skittle and friends on Rubbish Island: wander through its warren of underwater rooms, including a toothbrush library and a hospital for sick fish, climb its terraces overlooking the sea and scale Rubbish Mountain. Prize-winning author Sally Gardner takes the Tindims on...
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Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 2h 30m
Emily Vole makes headline news in the first weeks of her life, when she is found in an abandoned hatbox in Stansted Airport. Then, only a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily a mysterious inheritance: an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget. It's the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime as the o...
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