Great Expectations: A Retelling
Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman returns with a brilliantly realised and truly accessible retelling of the book described as Dickens’ “most perfect” novel. My story is a long one with many strange events and dark turns. But time is short. I will be brief. In this slim volume I concentrate on five people. A dangerous […]
Meg and Merlin: Running Away
A ride in the countryside spirals out of control for Meg and Merlin in this dramatic new addition to Tanya Landman’s lovable horse-riding series. Meg and her new friend Sam Houseman meet up to take their horses out on a hack, but after a lovely day in the countryside, Meg gets lost while making her […]
Frankenstein: A Retelling
A thrilling gothic tale of hubris gone badly wrong. A young man’s search for the secret of the spark of life leads him to a horrific experiment in which he creates a gigantic creature from dismembered body parts. Rejected by his creator, the initially gentle creature turns monstrous when his desire to find companionship and […]
Meg and Merlin: Showing Off
A new friend helps Meg to realise that appearances aren’t always what they seem in this exciting new addition to Tanya Landman’s delightful horse-riding series. When Meg and Merlin go to the local horse show they enter the Handy Pony class – a fun test of how well horse and rider work together. Meg is […]
The Battle of Cable Street
Elsie witnesses the rise of antisemitic fascism in 1930s London in this gripping new story from award-winning author Tanya Landman. Life has always been tough on the streets of Stepney, where Elsie and her brother Mikey are growing up in a vermin-infested slum nicknamed “Paradise”. But the rise of antisemitic fascist Oswald Mosley and his […]
Meg and Merlin: Making Friends
Meg treasures every moment that she gets to spend riding, and she has always longed for a pony of her own. She knows Mum and Dad can’t afford a pony – they can’t even afford her weekly riding lessons any more. But on the morning of her tenth birthday, Meg looks out the window to […]
Wuthering Heights: A Retelling
Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman reignites another beloved Brontë classic in a phenomenal retelling accessible to all readers. The night that Heathcliff, an unkempt orphan, arrives at the Heights, Cathy’s life will change forever… but theirs will not be a happy love story. From a harsh childhood to a foolish marriage, a troubled path of […]
Jane Eyre: A Retelling
Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman returns with a brilliantly realised and truly accessible retelling of one of the greatest novels ever written. Orphaned as a child, tormented by her guardian and cast out to a harsh boarding school, Jane Eyre has been raised in the shadow of cruelty and isolation. But when she takes a […]
One Shot
I picked up Pa’s rifle, but my brother blocked the way. “You’re shaming us,” he said. “I ain’t shaming you,” I told him. “I’m saving you.” When your childhood disappears in a blizzard. When you’re a girl in a man’s world. When the only thing that stands between you and a life worth having is […]
