The Stolen Lake

  each generation discovers anew.'

  Her best-known books are those in the

  James III saga, of which The Wolves

  of Willoughby Chase was the first title,

  published in 1962 and awarded the

  Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and

  Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed.

  Her books are internationally acclaimed

  and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award

  in the United States as well as the Guardian

  Award for Fiction in this country for

  The Whispering Mountain. Joan Aiken

  was decorated with an MBE for her

  services to children's books.

  Joan Aiken

  The. St Boan Trilogy

  Each time strange things happen in the Cornish harbour town of St Boan, Aunt Lal calls upon her nephew, Ned, to help solve the mystery.

  IN THUNDER'S POCKET

  Is it true that Malot Corby can change people into statues? Has she really put a curse on Ned's Aunt Lal?

  'The twists and turns in this intriguing book will keep young readers riveted'

  Birmingham Post

  THE SONG OF MAT AND BEN

  When two small skeletons are dug up in the main street in St Boan, Ned is asked once again to help solve the mystery. But are the ghostly murderers on his track too?

  BONE AND DREAM

  How can Ned rescue Jonquil, grand-daughter of old Sir Tom, the poet, who is himself being pursued by a devouring beast of prey . . .

  '. . . occupies the space between ordinary life and fairytale' Children's Books in Ireland

  'Joan Aiken's imagination is inexhaustible'

  Daily Telegraph