The Toymaker-Jeremy de Quidt

Title: The Toymaker

Author: Jeremy de Quidt

Main Character(s): Mathias is a circus boy whose fate was sealed when he stole a piece of paper from his dying grandfather.

Summary/Plot: The toymaker makes toys that never wind down,by using real hearts transferred from living sparrows. When circus boy Mathias takes a slip of paper from his grandfather, a conjurer, his fate is sealed. People would rather kill him than have it told.Pursued by frightening characters: sinister Dr Leiter with his exquisite unfeeling doll; a malevolent dwarf and a vicious woman.Mathias is drawn into an unbroken bad dream.

Theme(s): Horror

Nevermore-Linda Newbery

Title: Nevermore

Author: Linda Newbery

Main Character(s): Tizzie’s mum landed a new job in a mysterious house in the middle of the country.She finds herself away from everything she had known before.Tizzie begins inquiring about the lonely house.

Summary/Plot: Tizzie's life with her difficult mother brought her to Roven Mere, a mysterious lonely house.They were greeted by the staff residing there instead of Lord Rupert, the owner, and his daughter, Greta(whom Tizzie hopes will be her friend).Tizzie inquires Finnigan(a hermit)about the house, but was only answered with stories.She unravels the clues and learns the history of the house and its inhabitants-as well as the astonishing reason as to why she was brought to Roven Mere.

Theme(s): History, Family Relations