peter dickinson

The Tears of the Salamander, a YA fantasy by Peter Dickinson. Alfredo and his family live in a great cathedral city in eighteenth century Italy. On a chain around his neck the boy wears (instead of a crucifix, as might be expected), the figure of a golden salamander, a name-day gift from the...

The outstanding, creative and wide-ranging children's author Peter Dickinson has died aged 88. He was deeply influential to me, not least with his wonderful debut - inspired by a vivid dream - The Weathermonger, which is one of very few books I regularly re-read. A sad loss to literature, but...

Angel Isle Peter Dickinson WLB(Random House Children’s Books), Oct 2007, $17.99 ISBN: 9780385746908 Ages have past since the legendary Ropemaker brought the chosen twenty-four to watch over the people as he realized he could not stop the chaos threatening the Empire. Each of the chosen ones...

Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson Ace, Sep 7 2010, $15.00 ISBN: 9780441019199 “Phoenix” by Peter Dickinson. In Britain elderly caretakers Dave and Ellie begin to care for the ancient Egyptian Phoenix, who struggles with the change in climate; the pair is...

Today I was moving a lot my books out of my room because I got a load more and I happened to notice a lot of my older Young Adult fantasy while I was doing it - I came across the obvious, Redwall, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, etc, but then I also saw Peter Dickinson. I saw one book, "The...