Karen Brooks

In a world of darkness, there is one who will bring light....

On the edge of a mystical border called the Limen, close to a beautiful canal-laced city, a humble candlemaker rescues a child whom he raises as his apprentice. Years pass and the child's unusual talents are revealed, the gentle art of candlemaking slowly transforming into something far more sinister.Lingering in the shadows, enemies watch and wait - a vengeful aristocrat, an exotic queen and the lethal creatures known only as the Morte Whisperers. They hunger after the child's ancient magic and will do anything to control it - betray, lie, manipulate. Even murder.

A story of intrigue, deadly magic and a love so deep it transcends life itself.

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What has more influence over our children: Paris Hilton, The Simpsons, Facebook, mobile phones, trendy brands, sexy media messages ... or you?

Consuming Innocence explores the complex relationship that kids - from tots and tweens to teens - have with popular culture. It considers the role popular culture and, most importantly, parents play in creating children's ideas of themselves, and fearlessly questions the involvement of the corporations that target kids and promote sexuality.

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Adyren Worthing longed to be anything but what she is: an apprentice in the League of Bibliophiles. But master thief did not figure in her daydreams. When she is accused of stealing, no-one, not even her own family, believes her claims of innocence. Who is the real thief? To uncover the truth, she must travel to another world and discover the terrible secret of her birth.

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It's Time Cassandra Klein, Gaze of the Gorgon, The Book of Night, The Kurs of Atlantis

These are a series of fantasy adventures about a 13 year old girl named Cassandra and her best friend, 15 year old, Simon Gaterelli. They move between our world and a magical land where all the myths and legends from ancient times are real…