Malcolm Saville Livres
Malcolm Saville était un auteur anglais célèbre pour ses livres captivants pour enfants, en particulier la série Lone Pine. Ses récits mettent profondément l'accent sur le cadre, avec des descriptions vivides de la campagne anglaise, des villages et des villes. Saville capture magistralement l'essence atmosphérique du paysage, en faisant un élément central de sa narration.
Set around Walberswick on the coast of East Anglia, David Morton goes to the rescue of Paul Channing, a school friend in trouble, taking the his twin brother and sister along for the ride. Just as well, as it's their talents which save the day, ending a criminal conspiracy which saves Paul's father; all against the backdrop of a tremendous storm which breaches the sea defences and floods the county.
Man With Three Fingers, an exciting, fast-moving story, is the 16th book in the Lone Pine series. Tom Ingles, now getting restless with the life on the farm, gets a lift on a London-bound lorry driven on its night journey by one of his new friends. An attack on the lorry introduces the vivid, topical plot set against the Shropshire Hills. The Lone Piners soon become involved in the thrilling consequences as they gather again at Witchend for the summer holidays. But Man With Three Fingers is more than a run of the mill adventure story. The Lone Piners who over the years have shared so many adventures with so many readers have now, for some time, adapted themselves to the 1960s. The older members of the Club, David and Petronella and more recently Jon and Penny, have discovered what they mean to each other, and now it is the turn of Tom and Jenny ...
Jane's Country Year
- 195pages
- 7 heures de lecture
The first edition since 1946, with full colour illustrations throughout. Malcolm Saville's classic 1946 novel is about eleven-year old Jane's discovery of nature and country life during a year spent convalescing on her uncle's farm, after having been dangerously ill in post-war London.
Jillies No 2The Jillies' adventure is in London's Dockland. They rescue Belinda from her kidnappers. Jilly Day and Chris Giles have written introductions to Two Fair Plaits.
The sixth Marston Baines adventure and just as exciting ...
Redshank’s Warning is the first title in the Jillies series. Redshank’s Warning introduces us to the Jillions – Mandy, Prue and Tim – and the Standings – Guy and Mark. The scene is Blakeney in Norfolk with its wild salt flats. When the Jillies meet Guy and Mark, they are expecting some happy bird watching but they never guessed what else they would be watching. What was Miss Harvey plotting? Who was the villain, Mr Sandrock or Mr Martin? And what was the meaning of the Redshank’s warning?