AuthorAlan Garner
NarratorPhilip Madoc
SeriesAlderley, Book 1
Duration6h 19m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS3
PublisherNaxos
VersionUnabridged
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 Susan must risk their lives in the quest to return Firefrost to its rightful guardian and stop the evil forces of Nastrond from destroying the stone and taking over the world...
Author: Alan Garner
Author Alan Garner
Narrator Wayne Forester
Duration 4h 52m
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...
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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 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 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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Author: Alan Garner
Author Alan Garner
Narrator Alan Garner
Duration 2h 25m
Meet boggarts, gowks, witches and hobgoblins; learn about the stick that will beat your enemies until you tell it to stop; and the purse that will always have money in it. These 22 stories are a marvellous mixture of magic, riddles and wizardry.
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