Herbie Brennan
1) GreekQuest
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Discover an amazing life in Ancient Greece when you enter this adventure from the international superselling gamebook author of the GrailQuest series, Herbie Brennan.
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Visit Ancient Egypt for the adventure of a lifetime in this fantastic and at times hilarious thriller from the international superselling gamebook author of the GrailQuest series, Herbie Brennan. In this interactive eBook, you get to choose your own path through the adventure, exploring the pyramids and making your own destiny. Dare you brave the mysteries of ancient Egypt?
3) RomanQuest
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Could you survive in the cutthroat world of Ancient Rome? Find out in this thrilling adventure from the international superselling gamebook author of the GrailQuest series, Herbie Brennan.
4) AztecQuest
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Pit your wits against one of the most bloodthirsty cultures in history - the Ancient Aztecs - in this thrilling gamebook from the international superselling author of the GrailQuest series, Herbie Brennan.
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Cast as a fictional memoir of the 1960s, 'Madame de Gaulle's Penis' tells the story of John Sinclair, an ambitious young broadcaster with marital problems whose career nosedives following what should have been a turning-point interview with the recently-retired General de Gaulle. In a beautifully-crafted comic thriller, Sinclair follows de Gaulle and his diminutive wife to America in an attempt to get his revenge - an attempt that takes him all the...
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Famously crowdfunded and written to appease the ghost who haunted the author for more than forty years, Nectanebo: Traveller from an Antique Land will enthrall historians with an interest in ancient Egypt, those with curiosity about the occult and esotericism, and anyone looking for a genuinely interesting story about life, death, and what happens in between.
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The complete guide to professional spying for 8-to-80-year-olds.Whether you're just a bit nosy, or you want to launch a full-scale investigation of your neighbours, this indispensable handbook will teach you everything you need to know. There are practical sections on codes, ciphers, invisible ink and signalling, as well as guidance on drops and safe houses.This book teaches you how to spot when somebody is lying, and how to lie effectively yourself....
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The emperor of the enchanted Faerie Realm has been murdered and now Pyrgus, his son, is the Emperor Elect. As Pyrgus contemplates his new responsibilities as emperor, his father's body is stolen! Hairstreak, evil leader of the Faeries of the Night, and his wicked henchmen have resurrected it as a zombie and plan to take control of the kingdom. Pyrgus and his courageous sister Holly Blue are banished from the realm and stripped of their magical powers....
9) Faerie Wars
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Henry doesn't think he'll ever be able to get his mind off his parents' divorce. That is, until he meets Pyrgus Malvae, prince of the faerie world. Now Henry must help Pyrgus return home to fight the evil Faeries of the Night. Best-selling author Herbie Brennan magically combines real-life London with the fantasy realm of faeries while delicately exploring sensitive topics such as divorce, politics, and sexuality.
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It is Henry's third visit to the Faerie Realm, but this time in a rather different guise and to a rather different kind of place. Holly Blue is Queen and Lord Hairstreak appears to be proposing a truce between the Faeries of the Night and the Faeries of the Light. Meanwhile, Prince Pyrgus has stumbled across some mysterious crystal flowers with an apparently formidable secret weapon, and there are rumours of a demon invasion led by Beleth, the Prince...
11) Faerie Lord
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Two years after leaving the Faerie Realm, Henry Atherton finds a middle-aged Pyrgus and his new wife, Nymph, in Mr. Fogarty's garden. They explain that a terrible plague has taken hold of the Faerie Realm, causing faeries to age so rapidly that Pyrgus had to flee in order to save himself. Determined to help his friends, Henry returns to the Realm, hoping to find a cure and perhaps win his way back into the heart of Queen Holly Blue. But the plague...
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Faerie Wars chronicles bk. 3
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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While simultaneously trying to prevent and prepare for war between the Faeries of the Night and Faeries of the Light, Queen Holly Blue is kidnapped from her Uncle Hairstreak's home by human Henry Atherton and learns she must face another, far greater enemy.
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Faerie Wars chronicles bk. 4
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Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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When a terrible plague takes over the faerie realm and causes its inhabitants to age unnaturally quickly, Henry and Blue must find a cure in order to save the realm.
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Faerie Wars chronicles bk. 1
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2003.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night.
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Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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A young English thief stumbles on, and subsequently is recruited for, a super-secret operation that trains teenagers in remote viewing and astral projection techniques in order to engage in spying.
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Balzer & Bray
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Working on a highly-classified espionage project, four English teenagers go back in time to the Cold War in 1962 to prevent a global outbreak of the bubonic plague in the twenty-first century.
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Faerie Wars chronicles bk. 5
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Stubborn and feisty Mella, the half-faeire half-human daughter of Lord Henry and Queen Holly Blue, has the power to determine the fate of both the faerie and analogue world when she travels to the country of Haleklind and discovers rebel forces preparing for war.
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Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
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Faced with the death of his father and a growing international scandal, Edward Michael Em Goverton must uncover the secrets behind the Knights of Themis before it's too late--Provided by publisher.
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Faerie Wars chronicles bk. 2
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Henry and his friend Mr. Fogarty return to the Faerie Realm to help their friends, the royal siblings Pyrgus and Holly Blue, in their continued fight against the treacherous Lord Hairstreak and the evil forces of the Faeries of the Night.