Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
This book will help teach young children all about the transformation of caterpillars into butterflies. The book includes Windy and Wendy's transformation story as well as a whole bunch of interesting facts and figures, along with some caterpillar and butterfly quotes and jokes. FUN AND CAREFREE CATERPILLAR CRAZINESS INTRODUCING WINDY & WENDY. Ideal reading book for young children to learn how the wickedly-wonderful-wriggly caterpillar turns into the bold-beautiful butterfly. AUDIOBOOK COMING SOON! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Windy and Wendy Get Bendy and Fly!
Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
This book will help teach young children all about the transformation of caterpillars into butterflies. The book includes Windy and Wendy's transformation story as well as a whole bunch of interesting facts and figures, along with some caterpillar and butterfly quotes and jokes. FUN AND CAREFREE CATERPILLAR CRAZINESS INTRODUCING WINDY & WENDY. Ideal reading book for young children to learn how the wickedly-wonderful-wriggly caterpillar turns into the bold-beautiful butterfly. AUDIOBOOK COMING SOON! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
This book will help teach young children all about the transformation of caterpillars into butterflies. The book includes Windy and Wendy's transformation story as well as a whole bunch of interesting facts and figures, along with some caterpillar and butterfly quotes and jokes. FUN AND CAREFREE CATERPILLAR CRAZINESS INTRODUCING WINDY & WENDY. Ideal reading book for young children to learn how the wickedly-wonderful-wriggly caterpillar turns into the bold-beautiful butterfly. AUDIOBOOK COMING SOON! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Zak and Zara and the Invisibility Ball
Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A light-hearted friendship story about a homeless, bullied, and orphaned elf called, Zak and his growing friendship with his pink, purple, and pretty fairy friend, Zara. The story begins when Zak shows Zara the Invisibility ball that Jakob the red wizard gave him for all his hard work as a special treat for his birthday. Zak and Zara decide to be rather daring and break with the long-standing Elf, Faun, and Fairy rules and traditions of Doon Hill by going up to have a quick look at the fabled, mysterious, and somewhat confusing world of the humans who live above the secret commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies who live under Doon Hill in Aberfolye, Scotland. On their journey, Zak and Zara catch sight of some beautiful and wonderful things and also discover some not-so-wonderful and beautiful things which make them seriously think twice about humans and their lack of respect for the planet and its creatures and its natural beauty. AUDIOBOOK AND PAPERBACK OUT NOW! A note about Doon Hill The 19th century was a funny time in Scotland when there were many tales told of elves, fauns and fairies that lived quietly and secretly under the wooded hills of Aberfoyle. But for the Rev Robert Kirk, an interest in the magical life of the little creatures saw him come to an unfortunate end, apparently. The minister at Kirkton Church from 1685 to 1692 wrote the book: The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves, Fauns, And Fairies. But his revelations incurred the wrath of the sprites and he was captured by them on Doon Hill. The minister was taken down to the land of the fairies. Some say his body was placed inside a tree on top of the hill. A substitute body was placed on the ground by the fairies, local people mistook it for the minister and buried it in the nearby cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A light-hearted friendship story about a homeless, bullied, and orphaned elf called, Zak and his growing friendship with his pink, purple, and pretty fairy friend, Zara. The story begins when Zak shows Zara the Invisibility ball that Jakob the red wizard gave him for all his hard work as a special treat for his birthday. Zak and Zara decide to be rather daring and break with the long-standing Elf, Faun, and Fairy rules and traditions of Doon Hill by going up to have a quick look at the fabled, mysterious, and somewhat confusing world of the humans who live above the secret commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies who live under Doon Hill in Aberfolye, Scotland. On their journey, Zak and Zara catch sight of some beautiful and wonderful things and also discover some not-so-wonderful and beautiful things which make them seriously think twice about humans and their lack of respect for the planet and its creatures and its natural beauty. AUDIOBOOK AND PAPERBACK OUT NOW! A note about Doon Hill The 19th century was a funny time in Scotland when there were many tales told of elves, fauns and fairies that lived quietly and secretly under the wooded hills of Aberfoyle. But for the Rev Robert Kirk, an interest in the magical life of the little creatures saw him come to an unfortunate end, apparently. The minister at Kirkton Church from 1685 to 1692 wrote the book: The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves, Fauns, And Fairies. But his revelations incurred the wrath of the sprites and he was captured by them on Doon Hill. The minister was taken down to the land of the fairies. Some say his body was placed inside a tree on top of the hill. A substitute body was placed on the ground by the fairies, local people mistook it for the minister and buried it in the nearby cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Stinkerbell the Farting Fairy and the Toybox Toys!
Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN: 1981662065
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"This is the story of Tink. Who creates an awful stink? Every time she waves her wand. It creates an awful pong! The Toybox Toys aren't pleased. Because the smell it curls their ears. Who keeps doing this, they wonder? Because it's as smelly as poo and as loud as thunder!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN: 1981662065
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"This is the story of Tink. Who creates an awful stink? Every time she waves her wand. It creates an awful pong! The Toybox Toys aren't pleased. Because the smell it curls their ears. Who keeps doing this, they wonder? Because it's as smelly as poo and as loud as thunder!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Ace has an Accident!
Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Come and hear what happens to Ace, and sing along with his song! ACE has an ACCIDENT! Children's Picture Book. Come and read what happens to Ace the puppy dog. You could also sing along, to the puppy dog song! ACE has an ACCIDENT: THE SONG. "ACE IS WONDERING AGAIN AND LOOKING ALL AROUND HE'S A PUPPY DOG WITH BIG LONG EARS AND A WIDE AND HAPPY FROWN HE'S FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS WORLD AND ALL IT'S CRAZY THINGS SO WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT AND WHAT WILL HIS WORLD BRING?" ~ "HE'S SITTING IN HIS BASKET, THEN ITCHING AT HIS FUR THEN SITTING RIGHT BACK DOWN AGAIN WITH A CURIOUS LOOK AND STARE HE'S INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT GOES ON ABOVE AS MUM AND SOPHIE DISAPPEAR SO WHAT IS GOING ON?" ~ "ACE IS WONDERING AGAIN AND LOOKING ALL AROUND HE'S A PUPPY DOG WITH BIG LONG EARS AND A WIDE AND HAPPY FROWN HE'S FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS WORLD AND ALL IT'S CRAZY THINGS SO WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT AND WHAT WILL HIS WORLD BRING?" ~ "BEFORE HE EVEN KNEW IT, HIS CURIOSITY WILL FIND HIM SITTING HALFWAY UP AND REALLY WORRYING HOW WILL HE GET BACK DOWN NOW? OR SHOULD HE JUST GO ON UP TO FIND OUT WHAT IS UP THERE, TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON?" ~ "ACE IS WONDERING AGAIN AND LOOKING ALL AROUND HE'S A PUPPY DOG WITH BIG LONG EARS AND A WIDE AND HAPPY FROWN HE'S FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS WORLD AND ALL IT'S CRAZY THINGS SO WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT AND WHAT WILL HIS WORLD BRING?" ~ Audiobook and paperback available! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Come and hear what happens to Ace, and sing along with his song! ACE has an ACCIDENT! Children's Picture Book. Come and read what happens to Ace the puppy dog. You could also sing along, to the puppy dog song! ACE has an ACCIDENT: THE SONG. "ACE IS WONDERING AGAIN AND LOOKING ALL AROUND HE'S A PUPPY DOG WITH BIG LONG EARS AND A WIDE AND HAPPY FROWN HE'S FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS WORLD AND ALL IT'S CRAZY THINGS SO WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT AND WHAT WILL HIS WORLD BRING?" ~ "HE'S SITTING IN HIS BASKET, THEN ITCHING AT HIS FUR THEN SITTING RIGHT BACK DOWN AGAIN WITH A CURIOUS LOOK AND STARE HE'S INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT GOES ON ABOVE AS MUM AND SOPHIE DISAPPEAR SO WHAT IS GOING ON?" ~ "ACE IS WONDERING AGAIN AND LOOKING ALL AROUND HE'S A PUPPY DOG WITH BIG LONG EARS AND A WIDE AND HAPPY FROWN HE'S FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS WORLD AND ALL IT'S CRAZY THINGS SO WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT AND WHAT WILL HIS WORLD BRING?" ~ "BEFORE HE EVEN KNEW IT, HIS CURIOSITY WILL FIND HIM SITTING HALFWAY UP AND REALLY WORRYING HOW WILL HE GET BACK DOWN NOW? OR SHOULD HE JUST GO ON UP TO FIND OUT WHAT IS UP THERE, TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON?" ~ "ACE IS WONDERING AGAIN AND LOOKING ALL AROUND HE'S A PUPPY DOG WITH BIG LONG EARS AND A WIDE AND HAPPY FROWN HE'S FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS WORLD AND ALL IT'S CRAZY THINGS SO WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT AND WHAT WILL HIS WORLD BRING?" ~ Audiobook and paperback available! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Brick Lane. East End Pub Share.
Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
This book will make you laugh, cry and cower at the same time. WARNING: Could contain echoes and ripples of yourself...? "Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight...? Oops, sorry... that was Batman... Hmm..Ok then, Ever DONE communal living or shared a house or flat then...? Right, so... • Q: What do you get if you have eight people and a dog living above a derelict pub and a womanizing, chain-smoking property landlord who doesn’t give a flying...fig..? • A: Absolute mayhem! Everyday life is at its worst and best. After leaving college and university, our interesting tribe never imagined they’d be living with more complete strangers either...? Let alone become an eight-strong, extended alternative family... Take a behind-the-scenes peep and sideways glance into the funtastic world of honest and working-class, communal-life in London’s vibrant and colourful east end. A story of nurturing friendships, loyalties, and bonding. With sprinkles of love, sex, bitching & battling, and all that other distinctly more serious stuff... Ritchie, Monica, Dan, Scarlett, Eve, Safeer, Matt, Diane and Rufus (woof) Quirks and imperfections... Moods and emotions... Realities and dramas...Hopes and fears... A story tinged with all the characteristics that make us human, and that bring our stories flat-mates together as one. A melancholy and heartwarming mission of sharing & domestication in 2016. Crazy Fun Living in a melting pot in the east end of London. Earth Angel Book Media schamill.com Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
This book will make you laugh, cry and cower at the same time. WARNING: Could contain echoes and ripples of yourself...? "Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight...? Oops, sorry... that was Batman... Hmm..Ok then, Ever DONE communal living or shared a house or flat then...? Right, so... • Q: What do you get if you have eight people and a dog living above a derelict pub and a womanizing, chain-smoking property landlord who doesn’t give a flying...fig..? • A: Absolute mayhem! Everyday life is at its worst and best. After leaving college and university, our interesting tribe never imagined they’d be living with more complete strangers either...? Let alone become an eight-strong, extended alternative family... Take a behind-the-scenes peep and sideways glance into the funtastic world of honest and working-class, communal-life in London’s vibrant and colourful east end. A story of nurturing friendships, loyalties, and bonding. With sprinkles of love, sex, bitching & battling, and all that other distinctly more serious stuff... Ritchie, Monica, Dan, Scarlett, Eve, Safeer, Matt, Diane and Rufus (woof) Quirks and imperfections... Moods and emotions... Realities and dramas...Hopes and fears... A story tinged with all the characteristics that make us human, and that bring our stories flat-mates together as one. A melancholy and heartwarming mission of sharing & domestication in 2016. Crazy Fun Living in a melting pot in the east end of London. Earth Angel Book Media schamill.com Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Raymond's Rainbow
Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Christmas tree Christmas!
Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Publisher: https://schamill.com
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Is Time Travel Possible? Time Travel Twins. How to Time Travel.
Author: S C Hamill
Publisher: https://schamill.com/
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"What time is it?" "And what time is it through the human interstellar portal?" Amy and Fin know all about weird dreams... They get them all the time... What they don't know is that everyday life is about to change for them inextricably, and in so many ways... Ways that they could never have imagined? For one thing, they don't have the faintest idea about the human interstellar portal or their special genealogy and secret hidden powers. And for another, the missing Lorentz force law quantum equations written by James Maxwell in 1861 must be found! After Grandad Joseph’s accident, young Amy and Fin are about to find their true calling as they attempt to find something else by embarking on an amazing, fun-filled, and traveltastic adventure by commanding their secret capabilities faster than yesterday, and sooner than tomorrow! Because it's time... A time for new blood to flourish... A time to meet Poe... A time to greet Johnny Depp... A time to beseech Leonardo Da Vinci... A time to find the Teyler Museum of Wonder... A time to climb the Statue of Science and Art ... A time to go through... Just me and you... Through the Human Interstellar Portal! Come and enjoy Amy and Fin’s snap-shot introduction into the amazing world of time travel on their first cool, action-packed adventure through the human interstellar portal. Featuring the wonderfully idiosyncratic and charming Leonardo Da Vinci as himself, and the even more wonderfully unique Johnny Depp, as Jack Sparrow, and himself. A wonderful, action-packed time-travel adventure story for children, young adults, and even adults! Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Publisher: https://schamill.com/
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"What time is it?" "And what time is it through the human interstellar portal?" Amy and Fin know all about weird dreams... They get them all the time... What they don't know is that everyday life is about to change for them inextricably, and in so many ways... Ways that they could never have imagined? For one thing, they don't have the faintest idea about the human interstellar portal or their special genealogy and secret hidden powers. And for another, the missing Lorentz force law quantum equations written by James Maxwell in 1861 must be found! After Grandad Joseph’s accident, young Amy and Fin are about to find their true calling as they attempt to find something else by embarking on an amazing, fun-filled, and traveltastic adventure by commanding their secret capabilities faster than yesterday, and sooner than tomorrow! Because it's time... A time for new blood to flourish... A time to meet Poe... A time to greet Johnny Depp... A time to beseech Leonardo Da Vinci... A time to find the Teyler Museum of Wonder... A time to climb the Statue of Science and Art ... A time to go through... Just me and you... Through the Human Interstellar Portal! Come and enjoy Amy and Fin’s snap-shot introduction into the amazing world of time travel on their first cool, action-packed adventure through the human interstellar portal. Featuring the wonderfully idiosyncratic and charming Leonardo Da Vinci as himself, and the even more wonderfully unique Johnny Depp, as Jack Sparrow, and himself. A wonderful, action-packed time-travel adventure story for children, young adults, and even adults! Front cover logo: Ai Free Publication ® ™ is a UK Registered Trademark. Trade Mark No: UK00003915810. No Ai was used in the writing and publication of this book. QR Code & Trademark supplied and available at aifreepublication.org
Peter Pan in Scarlet
Author: Geraldine McCaughrean
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416958169
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The first-ever authorized sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan! In August 2004 the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, who hold the copyright in Peter Pan, launched a worldwide search for a writer to create a sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless masterpiece. Renowned and multi award-winning English author Geraldine McCaughrean won the honor to write this official sequel, Peter Pan in Scarlet. Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer and set in the 1930s, Peter Pan in Scarlet takes readers flying back to Neverland in an adventure filled with tension, danger, and swashbuckling derring-do!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416958169
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The first-ever authorized sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan! In August 2004 the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, who hold the copyright in Peter Pan, launched a worldwide search for a writer to create a sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless masterpiece. Renowned and multi award-winning English author Geraldine McCaughrean won the honor to write this official sequel, Peter Pan in Scarlet. Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer and set in the 1930s, Peter Pan in Scarlet takes readers flying back to Neverland in an adventure filled with tension, danger, and swashbuckling derring-do!
Black Swan Green
Author: David Mitchell
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 158836528X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Selected by Time as One of the Ten Best Books of the Year | A New York Times Notable Book | Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World, The Christian Science Monitor, Rocky Mountain News, and Kirkus Reviews | A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist | Winner of the ALA Alex Award | Finalist for the Costa Novel Award From award-winning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new. Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys’ games on a frozen lake; of “nightcreeping” through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid-fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jason’s search to replace his dead grandfather’s irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran LPs, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatcher’s recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow-motion divorce in four seasons. Pointed, funny, profound, left-field, elegiac, and painted with the stuff of life, Black Swan Green is David Mitchell’s subtlest and most effective achievement to date. Praise for Black Swan Green “[David Mitchell has created] one of the most endearing, smart, and funny young narrators ever to rise up from the pages of a novel. . . . The always fresh and brilliant writing will carry readers back to their own childhoods. . . . This enchanting novel makes us remember exactly what it was like.”—The Boston Globe “[David Mitchell is a] prodigiously daring and imaginative young writer. . . . As in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Herman Melville, one feels the roof of the narrative lifted off and oneself in thrall.”—Time
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 158836528X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Selected by Time as One of the Ten Best Books of the Year | A New York Times Notable Book | Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World, The Christian Science Monitor, Rocky Mountain News, and Kirkus Reviews | A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist | Winner of the ALA Alex Award | Finalist for the Costa Novel Award From award-winning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new. Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys’ games on a frozen lake; of “nightcreeping” through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid-fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jason’s search to replace his dead grandfather’s irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran LPs, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatcher’s recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow-motion divorce in four seasons. Pointed, funny, profound, left-field, elegiac, and painted with the stuff of life, Black Swan Green is David Mitchell’s subtlest and most effective achievement to date. Praise for Black Swan Green “[David Mitchell has created] one of the most endearing, smart, and funny young narrators ever to rise up from the pages of a novel. . . . The always fresh and brilliant writing will carry readers back to their own childhoods. . . . This enchanting novel makes us remember exactly what it was like.”—The Boston Globe “[David Mitchell is a] prodigiously daring and imaginative young writer. . . . As in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Herman Melville, one feels the roof of the narrative lifted off and oneself in thrall.”—Time