Ann Halam, Author . Random/Lamb $14.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-385-73008-2
Halam (aka adult SF and fantasy author Gwyneth Jones) delivers a nightmarish thriller of white-knuckle intensity. Semirah, the shy, self-deprecating narrator, is among a group of 50 British teen winners of a science contest who are on their way to...
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Ann Halam, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.50 (272p) ISBN 978-0-440-23781-5
A plane crash strands three survivors on a remote island where a mad scientist and his terrified employees plan to start performing trans-species genetic-engineering experiments on the trio. PW
wrote in a starred review, "A nightmarish...
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Ann Halam, Author . Random/Lamb $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-385-73094-5
This mostly taut but ultimately disappointing sci-fi thriller opens with a complex, riveting set-up. Taylor Walker, 14, lives with her parents, wardens of an orangutan refuge in Kandah State, an independent nation "squashed" between Malaysia
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Ann Halam, Author . Random/Lamb $16.99 (289p) ISBN 978-0-375-84108-8
Rewriting the myth of Perseus and Andromeda is a formidable task, but Halam (Dr. Franklin's Island
) performs it with seeming ease and tongue-in-cheek humor. Demigod Perseus becomes smitten when Andromeda, a beautiful princess trying to escape...
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Ann Halam, Author Orchard Books (NY) $0 (173p) ISBN 978-0-531-05710-0
Reminiscent in tone and texture to Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea trilogy, this is unusual, affecting fantasy. Ten-year-old Zanne's life in Garth, a small, spare village of Inland, is filled with the seasonal cycles of her parents' farm and with the...
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