Katherine Rundell

Sankarilliset lapset pelastavat maailman viimeisen paikan, jossa on vielä taikaa.Nuori Christopher löytää hämmästyksekseen salaisen käytävän Saaristoon, joka on maagisten saarien rypäs. Siellä elää tuhansittain myyttisiä olentoja. Saaristossa Christopher tapaa myös Malin, tytön, jolla on lentävä takki ja ikioma griipin eli aarnikotkan poikanen. Malin maailma on täynnä ihmeitä ja vaaroja.Myyttisiä olentoja on kuitenkin alkanut menehtyä. Mistä on kyse? Lapset lähtevät seikkailuun halki Saariston villien ihmeiden. Siellä sfinksit säilyttävät salaisuuksia ja kentaurit suorittavat murhia pelastaakseen sekä saarten asukkaat että koko muun maailman pahan nousevilta voimilta - ennen kuin on liian myöhäistä.Mahdottomia olentoja aloittaa jännittävän fantasia- seikkailusarjan lapsille. Britanniassa se on valittu sekä Waterstonesin että British Book Awardsin vuoden lastenkirjaksi. Yhdysvalloissa sarjan avausosasta tuli heti New York Timesin bestseller.

‘Katherine Rundell just gets better and better. I loved The Explorer’ - Jacqueline WilsonWINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2017A thrilling story of adventure, friendship and survival in the Amazon, The Explorer is an unmissable, Costa Award-winning modern classic from internationally bestselling author Katherine RundellFrom his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice. He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small.Except, it seems, someone has been there before them …‘Utterly splendid. Katherine Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK’ - Philip PullmanGet ready to go on an unforgettable adventure with Katherine Rundell …

Return to a world beyond your wildest imagination in the epic third book of the internationally bestselling Impossible Creatures series

Discover the magic of the Archipelago... The Poisoned King is the dazzling second book in Katherine Rundell's epic and bestselling Impossible Creatures series.

'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.' – Michael Morpurgo ‘Rundell’s first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of children’s literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ – quite possibly her best yet’ – The Guardian 'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder' – Cressida Cowell * WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER * BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER * FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR * THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER There’s a place where all the wildest stories began … From Katherine Rundell, winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9+ fans of His Dark Materials Christopher is stunned when he discovers a passage to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil – before it's too late. 'A marvellous, imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle – a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime' – Jacqueline Wilson 'The world of this new book is so intriguing and so well put together that I couldn’t resist it. Readers who already know her books will seize this with delight, and new readers will love it and demand all her others at once' - Philip Pullman 'Katherine Rundell is a phenomenon.' – Neil Gaiman ‘A masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman’ – The Daily Telegraph 'Fantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundell’s best, which is something to be marvelled at' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'Between the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth' – Frank Cottrell-Boyce ‘Rundell's book packs a punch with imagination and creativity in its purest form. She has created a story with potential to be adored by fantasy lovers for years to come’ – The Independent 'With a delightful cast of characters, breathless adventure, and an abundance of myth and magic, Impossible Creatures offers the very best of fantasy' – Aisha Bushby 'A fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon' – Sam Sedgman 'A rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller' – Catherine Doyle 'The action is gripping. Every sentence sparkles. You can feel the flutter of griffin feathers and the menace of strange poisonous shrews. Magnificent’ – The Times ‘Surely the next classic’ – The I 'My Book of the Year' – Lauren St. John

'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.' – Michael Morpurgo‘Rundell’s first foray into fantasy is both a deft, rich homage to the greats of children’s literature and an absorbing, profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9+ – quite possibly her best yet’ – The Guardian'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight, and a world of richly imagined wonder' – Cressida Cowell* WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER * BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER * FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR* THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023There’s a place where all the wildest stories began … From Katherine Rundell, winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9+ fans of His Dark MaterialsChristopher is stunned when he discovers a passage to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil – before it's too late. 'Full of adventures, wonderful side characters, new lands and so many fantastic creatures. I heartily recommend it to readers of all ages' – Rick Riordan'A marvellous, imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle – a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime' – Jacqueline Wilson'The world of this new book is so intriguing and so well put together that I couldn’t resist it. Readers who already know her books will seize this with delight, and new readers will love it and demand all her others at once' – Philip Pullman‘A masterpiece to rival Tolkien and Pullman’ – The Daily Telegraph'Fantastically exuberant, wildly imaginative, impossibly brilliant. Rundell’s best, which is something to be marvelled at' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave‘An exhilarating, many-hued adventure, heartfelt and sometimes heartbreaking’ – Frances Hardinge'Between the covers of Impossible Creatures is a world as enchanting, as perilous, as richly imagined as Narnia or Middle Earth' – Frank Cottrell-Boyce‘Rundell's book packs a punch with imagination and creativity in its purest form. She has created a story with potential to be adored by fantasy lovers for years to come’ – The Independent'With a delightful cast of characters, breathless adventure, and an abundance of myth and magic, Impossible Creatures offers the very best of fantasy' – Aisha Bushby'A fierce, fantastic, wild-hearted adventure that roars and bristles with imagination. I devoured it like a hungry dragon' – Sam Sedgman'A rare and remarkable feat of glittering imagination from a truly masterful storyteller' – Catherine Doyle'The action is gripping. Every sentence sparkles. You can feel the flutter of griffin feathers and the menace of strange poisonous shrews. Magnificent’ – The Times‘Surely the next classic’ – The I'My Book of the Year' – Lauren St. John

Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionWinner of the 2022 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 Plutarch Award A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of 2022 A New York Times Notable Book of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary Hub From the standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, a member of Parliament--and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a sixteen-year-old girl without her father's consent, struggled to feed a family of ten children, and was often ill and in pain. He was a man who suffered from surges of misery, yet expressed in his verse many breathtaking impressions of electric joy and love. In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell embarks on a fleet-footed act of evangelism, showing us the many sides of Donne's extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times--unveiling Donne as the most remarkable mind and as a lesson in living.

**A Sunday Times top ten bestseller****Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2023****Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize for Non-Fiction 2023****Shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed First Biography Prize 2023**'Masterly.' Observer'Wonderful, joyous.' Maggie O'Farrell'Frankly brilliant.' Sunday Times'Unmissable.' Simon Jenkins'Every page sparkles.' Claire Tomalin'A triumph.' Matt Haig'Stylish, scholarly and gripping.' Rose TremainJohn Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, Donne was incapable of being just one thing.He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, an MP, a priest, the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral - and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language.In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell shows us the many sides of Donne's extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times - unveiling Donne as the most remarkable mind and as a lesson in living.Katherine Rundell's book Super-Infinite was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 16-04-2022

Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionWinner of the 2022 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 Plutarch Award A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of 2022 A New York Times Notable Book of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary Hub From the standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, a member of Parliament--and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a sixteen-year-old girl without her father's consent, struggled to feed a family of ten children, and was often ill and in pain. He was a man who suffered from surges of misery, yet expressed in his verse many breathtaking impressions of electric joy and love. In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell embarks on a fleet-footed act of evangelism, showing us the many sides of Donne's extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times--unveiling Donne as the most remarkable mind and as a lesson in living.

'An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand' - Jacqueline WilsonFOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019A glittering, page-turning adventure set amidst the streets of New York, The Good Thieves is a modern classic from internationally bestselling author Katherine RundellFresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home. She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan.Katherine Rundell's fifth novel is a heist as never seen before - the story of a group of children who will do anything to right a wrong.'Read everything she writes' - Daily MailGet ready to go on an unforgettable adventure with Katherine Rundell…

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ..._______________NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP GREENAWAY MEDAL From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award_______________'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' – Philip Pullman'A book that will be treasured forever' - Irish Times'A moving, witty and magical tale' - Sunday Times_______________It’s Christmas Eve and Theo – left at home with a babysitter – sees an odd-looking star out of his window and decides to make a wish. He wishes that he had some friends to keep him company. Moments later the Christmas decorations begin to disentangle themselves from the tree behind him, ready to wreak a little havoc...Written with generous helpings of warmth and humour, this is a timeless Christmas story about treasuring the people and values that really matter at this time of year. With breathtaking illustrations by Emily Sutton capturing the magic of the season in stunning detail, this modern classic from master storyteller and bestselling children's author Katherine Rundell makes the perfect Christmas gift.

Return to a world beyond your wildest imagination in the epic third book of the internationally bestselling Impossible Creatures series

Return to the magic of the Archipelagoâ?¦ The Poisoned King is the dazzling second book in Katherine Rundell's epic and bestselling Impossible Creatures series.

Descubre el fen meno internacional que ha revolucionado la fantas a. Esta es una historia que transcurre entre dos mundos. El mundo real, donde nada extraordinario parece suceder. Y el Archipi lago, un territorio plagado de islas donde la magia pervive y los humanos que lo habitan conviven con criaturas mitol gicas como dragones, centauros, quimeras, esfinges o unicornios. Esta es la historia de lo que pas cuando Christopher atraves la senda entre los dos mundos. Y de c mo conoci a Mal y emprendieron un pico viaje para salvar la magia del Archipi lago y a todas sus criaturas imposibles. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Discover the international phenomenon that has revolutionized fantasy. This is a story that unfolds between two worlds. The real world, where nothing extraordinary seems to happen. And the Archipelago, a land of countless islands where magic endures and humans coexist with mythical creatures such as dragons, centaurs, chimeras, sphinxes, and unicorns. This is the story of what happened when Christopher crossed the path between the two worlds. And of how he met Mal and embarked on an epic journey to save the magic of the Archipelago and all its impossible creatures.

Da Christopher Forrester uventet bliver vækket af en miniaturedrage, der tygger på hans ansigt, danser han af glæde. I månedsvis har han drømt om at vende tilbage til Archipelago - de hemmelige øer, hvor alle mytiske væsener lever. Men han vidste ikke, at det ville involvere en redningsmission på ryggen af en sfinx eller en plan om at trænge ind i en drages hule. Han havde heller ikke forestillet sig, at det ville involvere en pige med en flok fugle, en nyklækket kylling i lommen og en sult efter retfærdighed ... Andet bind i den storslåede fantasyfortælling af den prisvindene engelske forfatter Katherine Rundell, som især er kendt for sine smallere, litterære mesterværker. Impossible Creatures er hendes længe ventede bredere fortælling, der har skaffet hende endnu flere trofaste læsere.

“Kom, och ta med draken: rättvisa måste skipas.”Christopher Forrester vaknar av att en drake tuggar på hans ansikte - och han fylls av lycka. Han har drömt om att åka tillbaka till Arkipelagen - det hemliga klustret av öar där magiska varelser från myterna fortfarande lever, och här är hans kallelse! Men det sprids en ondska i Arkipelagen och att förinta den kommer att involvera ett vågat räddningsuppdrag på ryggen av en sfinx, hitta ingången till en drakhåla och en dödsföraktande plan för att rädda en fånge. I centrum av denna storm är Anneth: en liten flicka med en flock fåglar vid sin sida, en nykläckt fågelunge i fickan och en glupande hunger efter rättvisa."Den förgiftade konungen" är den andra, efterlängtade delen i Katherine Rundells hyllade och prisbelönade fantasyserie, med innehåll av drakar, slott och hämnd – de ting av vilka fantastiska berättelser skapas. Första boken "Omöjliga varelser" omskrivs redan som en klassiker och har vunnit flera litterära priser.

When Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months he’s dreamed of returning to the Archipelago – the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did not know it would involve a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, or a plan to enter a dragon’s lair. Nor did he imagine it would involve a girl with a flock of birds at her side, a new-hatched chick in her pocket and a ravenous hunger for justice...