Соня Хартнетт – лучшие книги

1940 год, немецкие войска готовятся напасть на Англию, детей из крупных британских городов эвакуируют в частные поместья и деревни. 12-летняя Сесили, 14-летний Джереми и 10-летняя Мэй оказываются вместе в загородном имении и узнают зловещую историю старинного Снежного замка, среди развалин которого обнаруживают двух загадочных мальчиков...

Сесили, избалованной девочке из богатой семьи, предстоит многое узнать о себе и о том, что такое настоящая дружба, а Джереми тайком отправится в Лондон и там совершит настоящий подвиг. В этой книге причудливо переплетаются древняя история Англии и история взросления, мистика и реальные события.

Awkward, alienated, angry teenager Plum looks in the mirror, and hates what she sees. No one appreciates her - least of all herself. But when a beautiful, sophisticated neighbour invites Plum over, things change. Plum learns how to be different.

But the new Plum confuses people. Her friends treat her differently. Her brothers and parents don't know what to make of her. And for Plum and her new mentor, the transformation has unforeseen consequences that neither will ever forget . . .

One morning in the woods of France, a blinded soldier is found by two sisters, Coco and Marcelle. In return for their kindness the soldier tells the sisters marvellous tales, connected with the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a tiny silver donkey. As the days pass and they struggle to help the soldier reach home, the sisters learn the truth behind the silver donkey and what the precious object means: honesty, loyalty and courage.

Harper Flute believes that her younger brother Tin, with his uncanny ability to dig, was born to burrow. While their family struggles to survive in a bleak landscape during the Great Depression, the silent and elusive little Tin - "born on a Thursday and so fated to his wanderings" - begins to escape underground, tunneling beneath their tiny shanty. As time passes, Tin becomes a wild thing, leaving his family further and further behind.

With exquisite prose, richly drawn characters, and a touch of magical realism, Sonya Hartnett tells a breathtakingly original coming-of-age story through the clear eyes of an observant child. It’s an unsentimental portrait of a loving family faced with poverty and heartbreak, entwined with a surreal vision of the enigmatic Tin, disappearing into a mysterious labyrinth that reaches unimaginably far, yet remains hauntingly near.