The sequel to the award-winning A Necklace of Souls.'The warrior’s principal task: to make each moment count.'Dana and Will must find the weapon to defeat the Emperor. But his army is close behind and the Kingdom and its Guardian have vanished - only N’tombe and Jed remain. As the comrades flee, Dana is hampered by dreams of dragons and by a deep, unbearable sorrow. A fire is coming, and she is in its path. Dana and Will must learn to overcome despair and to fight on, despite the darkness. For a warrior must adapt, or die.The second volume of the SoulNecklace Stories. 253 pages.

In the Kingdom of the Rose only the power of the Guardian′s necklace can keep the people safe from the forces threatening to destroy it. In a hidden kingdom a mysterious Guardian protects her people with the help of a magical necklace. But evil forces are also seeking the power of the necklace, and as the Guardian grows weaker these forces threaten to destroy the kingdom. With the help of her best friend, Will, and the enigmatic N′tombe, Dana, the rightful heir, must claim the power of the necklace and save her people. But the necklace takes a terrible toll on whoever wears it - a toll that Dana may not be prepared to face. A Necklace of Souls is the winner of the Storylines Tessa Duder Award for Young Adult Fiction.

'The school will be good for you, Tayla,' said the inspector. 'You'll have children your own age to play with.''Dead children.''Well, yes. True. But you can't have everything' Stuck in a hospital bed, unable to move, Tayla decides to leave his body. But floating around intensive care is kind of boring, although being invisible means he can do some cool practical jokes...Until the inspector arrives, that is.Jamie, newly arrived from Scotland, is lonely. No-one can understand his accent and all his practical jokes are going wrong. Plus, his new school is seriously weird. Perhaps it's haunted... Shortlisted for the 2012 Tom Fitzgibbon Award, The Prankster and the Ghost is a story of the healing power of friendship and of learning to live with loss.Caution: The Prankster and the Ghost contains plenty of ghosts and heaps of practical jokes. 244 pages. Suitable ages 9 - 99

Book One: A Necklace of SoulsDana wishes she wasn’t a princess. She’s always being told how to behave, what to wear. The collier’s cart seems the perfect escape, only she didn’t realize she’d become so dirty, or so lost. Fortunately this boy, Will, has a sense of direction. And next to the forbidding stranger, N’tombe, he seems reassuringly normal.Book Two: A Skillful WarriorDana and Will must find the weapon to defeat the Emperor. But his army is close behind and the Kingdom and its Guardian have vanished. They must learn to overcome despair and to fight on, despite the darkness. For a warrior must adapt, or die.Book Three: A Memory of FireHeld captive in a strange city, Dana dreams of fire and flight. There is something she must find, but she does not know what it is, or why it is important. Half a world away, Will studies a new, exciting...