Maddigan's Quest

Maddigan's Quest
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2006
Genre: Children's stories, New Zealand
ISBN: 9781869506025

I don't know if the world counts as the world any more, not since the wars of the Destruction ...we're the leftover people going between the leftover places. In a time not far from our own, a colourful group of travellers brave the twisting, tricksy landscape of the Remaking, after Chaos ripped the world apart. They are the magicians, clowns, trapeze artists and musicians of Maddigan's Fantasia, healing the injured land with their gifts of wonder and laughter. Garland Maddigan, the 12-year-old daughter of Ferdy, the Fantasia's ringmaster, has made the trip before, but this journey offers frightening new challenges. Three mysterious children join the Fantasia and the sinister strangers who follow them become a dangerous enigma as Garland slowly unlocks their secret origin. Margaret Mahy is one of the world's best-loved authors, writing wonderfully funny children's stories and ground-breaking novels for young adults, thrilling millions of readers. Margaret is a member of the Order of New Zealand, an honorary doctor of letters and twice winner of Britain's Carnegie Medal for Children's Literature. Playing with time is a dangerous game ...would you dare?

Maddigan's Fantasia

Maddigan's Fantasia
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2007-10-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416918124

When twelve-year-old Garland Maddigan asks Timon and Eden where they have come from, she is overwhelmed by their answer: the future.In a post-apocalyptic time, Garland's family's traveling circus troop, Maddigan's Fantasia, leaves the city of Solis once a year to perform and earn a living. However, this year Solis has given the Fantasia the crucial task of obtaining a new solar converter, the only power source in Solis, because the old one is failing.Misfortune finds the Fantasia in their travels, and Garland's father dies in an attack by Road Rats. Then suddenly two mysterious boys, Timon and Eden, appear with their baby sister, claiming to be from the future -- a world in which the Fantasia has failed in its mission and the evil Nennog has taken power. The boys have come to help the Fantasia, but danger has followed them across time. Can the Fantasia protect Timon and Eden, and succeed in their quest to save their world?Internationally renowned author Margaret Mahy spins a vivid tale of time travel, adventure, and magic that no reader will soon forget.

Maddigan's Fantasia

Maddigan's Fantasia
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2009
Genre: Quests (Expeditions)
ISBN:

After the time of Chaos ripped the world apart, a bizarre troupe known as braves the twisting landscape of Remaking. At their centre is twelve-year-old Garland, the ringmaster's daughter. She is worried about the sinister strangers who follow the troupe.

Star Quest

Star Quest
Author: Andy Dixon
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 1999-12-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780613744782

Stunning fantasy-adventure scenes filled with things to find, mysteries to solve and colorful creatures and characters to outwit

Muddle Earth

Muddle Earth
Author:
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 038573316X

When magic strikes and Joe Jefferson is transformed from an ordinary schoolboy into a powerful warrior, his simple life is greatly altered as dangerous tasks to slay ogres, wrestle dragons, and confront villains are bestowed upon him by the residents of Muddle Earth who are in desperate need of a hero such as he.

The Frangipani is Dead

The Frangipani is Dead
Author: Karen Stevenson
Publisher: Huia Publishers
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1869693256

This book offers a contextual understanding of the contemporary Pacific art movement in New Zealand. As well as examining key individual artists, the book also addresses issues that underlie this movement and the inspirations for creating this art.

Fungus the Bogeyman

Fungus the Bogeyman
Author: Raymond Briggs
Publisher: Puffin
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1990
Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
ISBN: 9780140542356

Everyday life in Bogeydom is examined as Fungus the Bogeyman describes the skills of scaring people in the nighttime and living underground amidst slime and grime in the daytime.

The Haunting

The Haunting
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2018-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1510105069

A brand-new edition of the Carnegie Medal-winning THE HAUNTING - written by internationally bestselling author, Margaret Mahy. 'Strong and terrifying . . . The novel winds up like a spring. A psychological thriller' - Times Literary Supplement Eight-year-old Barney has been haunted before. He thought it was something he'd just grow out of, like the imaginary friends his step-mother believes he has. But this time it's different. Footsteps follow him, there's a demanding voice barking orders and Barney begins to feel that sometimes his body is not his own at all . . . With the help of his sisters, Tabitha and Troy, Barney sets out to uncover the truth about their family secrets and to find out once and for all who it is who's haunting him. A thrilling ghost story about a 'mostly ordinary' family and a secret legacy.

Boom Baby Boom Boom

Boom Baby Boom Boom
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre:
ISBN: 0711254001

Good Baby gets a banana for pudding and, this time, he eats it all up. Boom-biddy-boom-biddy-yum-yum-yum!

Alchemy

Alchemy
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2003
Genre: Alchemy
ISBN: 0689850530

Roland is intrigued that his classmate, the mysterious Jess, is studying alchemy. When a sinister magician from Roland's past gets involved in the mystery surrounding Jess, Roland realizes he is trapped in a dangerous web of magic, power, and greed.