Bøger af Alex Mellanby

Breaking wallsMolly's childhood is a world of secrets and hiding. Her life is spent escaping from danger with her mother. This time they leave London at night with a supposed offer of a house in Devon.

Miss Tregarthur is dead. Alvin and Jenna watched her die, drawn into the ground by the Hanging Stones. But in death, Miss Tregarthur is more powerful than ever. Caught up in the never ending war that is raging across France, Alvin and Jenna must find a way to break Miss Tregarthur's grip on the past.This time it's about more than their own survival; this time it's about the future. Tregarthur's Legacy is the final book in the Tregarthur's Series. The explosion hit, everything suddenly so bright, a hard wave of sound smashing into me. I must have passed out, but not for long, I came round in a rain of mud. Tregarthur's Legacy is the final book in the Tregarthur's Series. The Tregarthur's Series, was inspired by the Ten Tors Challenge, a two day annual event organised by the Army, for 2,400 teenagers to visit ten tors across Dartmoor, UK. A modern day Lord of the Flies, the books follow a group of teenagers who find themselves cut off from the adult world in an unfamiliar environment. It deals with themes pertinent to the lives of young adults, such as bullying, leadership, grief, and friendship, whilst at the same time having a page turning story line full of adventure and mystery. * * * This is Alex Mellanby's fifth novel to complete the current Tregarthur Series. He has never been lonely in his writing, sharing the task with his characters. Alvin is now a very different, Jenna has made all of them better people than they were when they set out on this Dartmoor hike. Ivy is still miserable, but she has a lot to cope with, not the least being me, the author. Join in on the conversation at facebook/tregarthurseries or visit tregarthurseries.com

Trapped in the wrong time, Alvin and Jenna's only hope lies with Miss Tregarthur's crystal. But can they follow her in an age of horses and steam trains? Even if they do find her, the crystal is failing and the answers may not be close to home.As they start to uncover the full horror of Miss Tregarthur's mind they realise how far she will go to control time. Will Alvin escape the future she has planned? The storm broke. The wind screamed into a gale again hurling itself across the moor, whipping up mud and stones in its path, hail burst out of the storm clouds.'Nothing happens without the crystal.' Tregarthur's Crystal is the forth and penultimate book in the Tregarthur's Series. About this book series The Tregarthur's Series is an adventurous five-book young adult fiction series about survival and self discovery. Inspired by the dark timelessness and unpredictable vast landscape of Dartmoor National Park in Southern England, a group of school children on a hiking expedition unleash an unknown power, transporting them through time, to a world beyond anything they have experienced. Cut off from the adult world in unfamiliar environments, the series chronicles their adventures as they desperately try to return home. Each book in the series involves travel to a different time, where the group has to survive using skills and knowledge they have gained from their old life. On a journey from the prehistoric age of the Neanderthals to the 14th century Black Death; from the Convict ships of the 18th century to the more recent discoveries of Marie Curie, the group are drawn back to the strange stones of Dartmoor. In Tregarthur's Legacy, the remaining members of the group are caught up in a never ending war that is raging across a WWI stricken France. In this explosion of past events, Mellanby has yet again delivered a powerful story with themes pertinent to young adults intertwined with mystery, historical fact and adventure that has delighted his growing readership. * * * This is Alex Mellanby's fourth novel in The Tregarthur Series. His writing has finally driven him over the edge of sense and he now exists in a shadowy realm of fiction. Whether he can save Alvin and Jenna remains uncertain and the future is much worse than the past. Join in on the conversation at facebook/tregarthurseries or visit tregarthurseries.com