New Releases by Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is the author of The Poisoned King (2025), Omöjliga varelser (2025), Vanishing Treasures (2024), Criatures impossibles (2024), Impossible Creatures (2024).

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The Poisoned King

release date: Sep 11, 2025
The Poisoned King
The dragons call out, and the ratatoskas tell of murder. Come with us now. There is justice to be done. Return to the magic of the Archipelago... The Poisoned King is the dazzling second book in Katherine Rundell''s epic and bestselling Impossible Creatures series. ''There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell'' - Michael Morpurgo When Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months he''s dreamed of returning to the Archipelago - the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did not know it would involve a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, or a plan to enter a dragon''s lair. Nor did he imagine it would involve a girl with a flock of birds at her side, a new-hatched chick in her pocket and a ravenous hunger for justice... The unmissable sequel to Impossible Creatures, WINNER of the Waterstones Book of the Year, British Book Awards Children''s Book of the Year, Foyles Children''s Book of the Year and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award ''A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight'' - Cressida Cowell on Impossible Creatures ''Readers will seize this with delight'' - Philip Pullman on Impossible Creatures ''A masterpiece to rival Tolkien'' - Daily Telegraph on Impossible Creatures ''Every sentence sparkles ... Magnificent'' - The Times on Impossible Creatures

Omöjliga varelser

release date: Jan 22, 2025
Omöjliga varelser
"Omöjliga varelser" har redan hyllats som en modern klassiker och erbjuder en oemotståndlig fantasivärld som är fängslande för både unga och vuxna. Den internationellt bästsäljande och prisbelönta författaren Katherine Rundell översätts nu till svenska för första gången. ÅRETS BOK 2024, WATERSTONES ÅRETS FÖRFATTARE, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 Två ungdomar möts som av en händelse. Christopher som har ett hjärta på bristningsgränsen längtandes efter något mer, något annat, är på besök hos sin morfar i de skotska högländerna när han av en slump upptäcker en hemlig passage till Arkipelagen: ett kluster av vilda och undersköna öar där mytologiska varelser fortfarande lever och andas. Där träffar han Mal som med den grip hon räddat och med en mantel som kan få henne att flyga, men bara när vinden blåser, är på flykt undan en mördare. Tillsammans måste Mal och Christopher söka svaret på varför de magiska varelserna håller på att utplånas och rädda öriket och världen bortanför från en ondska som håller på att vakna. *** "Först kom Tolkien, sedan Pullman och nu Katherine Rundell. Underbart uppfinningsrik och en förunderlig författare." MICHAEL MORPURGO "En magisk mästare." Victor Malm, Expressen "Hon får världen att kännas möjlig." Kristoffer Leandoer, SvD "Det är som Narnia fast bättre." Hanna Höglund, Sydsvenskan "Jag älskar Katherine Rundells böcker. Läsare som känner henne sedan gammalt kommer kasta sig över denna och nya läsare kommer vilja läsa allt hon skrivit." Philip Pullman "Underbar fantasy i Tolkiens anda." Kristoffer Leandoer, SvD "Katherine Rundell är sin generations J.R.R. Tolkien." The Washington Post "En berättelse som griper tag. Varje mening glimrar." The Times

Vanishing Treasures

release date: Nov 12, 2024
Vanishing Treasures
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM BOSTON GLOBE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AND MORE! • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Rundell comes a “rare and magical book” (Bill Bryson) reckoning with the vanishing wonders of our natural world "This celebration of seahorses, lemurs, and others doubles as a wake-up call: look around and protect what you love.” —Boston Globe The world is more astonishing, more miraculous, and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this brilliant and passionately persuasive book, Katherine Rundell takes us on a globe-spanning tour of the world''s most awe-inspiring animals currently facing extinction. Consider the seahorse: couples mate for life and meet each morning for a dance, pirouetting and changing colors before going their separate ways, to dance again the next day. The American wood frog survives winter by allowing itself to freeze solid, its heartbeat slowing until it stops altogether. Come spring, the heart kick-starts itself spontaneously back to life. As for the lemur, it lives in matriarchal troops led by an alpha female (it’s not unusual for female ring-tailed lemurs to slap males across the face when they become aggressive). Whenever they are cold or frightened, they group together in what’s known as a lemur ball, paws and tails intertwined, to form a furry mass as big as a bicycle wheel. But each of these extraordinary animals is endangered or holds a sub-species that is endangered. This urgent, inspiring book of essays dedicated to 23 unusual and underappreciated creatures is a clarion call insisting that we look at the world around us with new eyes—to see the magic of the animals we live among, their unknown histories and capabilities, and above all how lucky we are to tread the same ground as such vanishing treasures. Beautifully illustrated, and full of inimitable wit and intellect, Vanishing Treasures is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck, to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.

Criatures impossibles

release date: Sep 18, 2024
Criatures impossibles
Un futur clàssic de la literatura fantàstica Un dia que en Christopher va a visitar el seu avi, de sobte veu una allau de criatures mitològiques que baixen del turó. És així com s''adona que el seu avi és en realitat el guardià d''un dels camins entre el món normal i l''Arxipèlag, unes illes on les últimes criatures màgiques del món i els humans conviuen. Aquests éssers han estat protegits durant milers d''anys per no ser descoberts, però el camí d''entrada entre els dos mons s''ha debilitat i hi ha criatures que han creuat a l''altre costat. Tot canvia quan en Christopher coneix la Mal, una noia de l''Arxipèlag que fuig d''un assassí, i que va rere la pista d''un griu. La Mal i en Christopher s''embarquen en una aventura sense precedents a les salvatges illes de l''Arxipèlag per esbrinar la veritat i salvar el món màgic.

Impossible Creatures

release date: Sep 10, 2024
Impossible Creatures
Two kids race to save the world’s last magical place in the first book of a landmark new fantasy series, from “a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.” (Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass) “An instant classic from one of the most gifted storytellers of our time, Impossible Creatures is an astonishing miracle of a book.” —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal Winner for The One and Only Ivan The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever. It’s the day he learned about the Archipelago—a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of years, until now. And it’s the day he met Mal—a girl on the run, in desperate need of his help. Mal and Christopher embark on a wild adventure, racing from island to island, searching for someone who can explain why the magic is fading and why magical creatures are suddenly dying. They consult sphinxes, battle kraken, and negotiate with dragons. But the closer they get to the dark truth of what’s happening, the clearer it becomes: no one else can fix this. If the Archipelago is to be saved, Mal and Christopher will have to do it themselves. Katherine Rundell’s story crackles and roars with energy and delight. It is brought vividly to life with more than 60 illustrations, including a map and a bestiary of magical creatures.

The Zebra's Great Escape

release date: Aug 20, 2024
The Zebra's Great Escape
Through courage and determination, little girl Mink helps save a menagerie of animals who have been captured by the evil Mr. Spit.

Onmogelijke wezens

release date: Mar 20, 2024
Onmogelijke wezens
Eerste deel van Katherine Rundells magische serie brult en bruist als nooit tevoren In Onmogelijke wezens neemt de veelbekroonde Katherine Rundell in een sprankelende vertelstijl de lezer mee naar een wilde schitterende plek waar alle mythische wezens nog leven. Het is de laatste magische plek die nog bestaat, ver van het oog van de gewone wereld... Christopher brengt de vakantie door bij zijn opa, die op het verre Schotse platteland woont. Saaier kan haast niet, totdat hij oog in oog staat met wezens die hij alleen uit verhalen kent. Het blijkt dat zijn opa hoeder is van de Archipel, een eilandgroep waar mythische wezens leven, ver van het oog van de gewone wereld. Al duizenden jaren beschermt een magische barrière de Archipel, maar sinds kort zijn er gaten in ontstaan. Mal, een meisje met een vliegende cape en een babygriffioen, reist via zo’n gat naar Christophers wereld terwijl een mysterieuze man haar probeert te vermoorden. Op zoek naar antwoorden beginnen Mal, Christopher en de griffioen aan een gevaarlijke tocht door het woeste landschap van de Archipel. Onderweg doen ze een verschrikkelijke ontdekking en staan ze voor de moeilijkste beslissing in hun leven. ‘Er was Tolkien, er is Pullman en nu is er Katherine Rundell.’ Michael Morpurgo ‘Fans zullen dolblij worden van dit boek.’ Philip Pullman

Le plan extravagant de Vita Marlowe

release date: Nov 08, 2023
Le plan extravagant de Vita Marlowe
Quatre amis, le New York des années vingt et le casse du siècle : une aventure effrénée par une conteuse irrésistible. Recruter une bande de jeunes voleurs au grand cœur, s’introduire en douce dans la propriété d’un terrible gangster et y dérober une émeraude... Tel est le plan de Vita pour sauver son grand-père de la faillite et lui redonner le sourire. Un plan pas tout à fait raisonnable, certes, mais qui avec beaucoup de chance, d’entraide et quelques acrobaties pourrait peut-être fonctionner, qui sait ? "Une bonne dose d’aventure, de folie douce et d’amitié." La Croix

The Golden Mole and Other Vanishing Treasure

release date: Nov 02, 2023
The Golden Mole and Other Vanishing Treasure
A gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world''s most extraordinary endangered animals.

Warum die Giraffe nicht in Ohnmacht fällt

release date: Sep 27, 2023
Warum die Giraffe nicht in Ohnmacht fällt
Unsere Welt ist einzigartig und verblüffend. Es gibt Haie, die schon zu Shakespeares Zeiten gelebt haben, Giraffen, die durch Paris flanierten, verliebte Spinnen und Einsiedlerkrebse, die ihre Häuser renovieren. Mit einem bemerkenswerten Gespür für fesselnde Geschichten und kuriose Anekdoten eröffnet uns die preisgekrönte Autorin Katherine Rundell in diesen 22 eindrücklich recherchierten Porträts bedrohter Tierarten einen neuen Blick auf die hinreißend seltsame Schönheit unserer Erde.

Catalogo degli animali inestimabili

release date: Jun 20, 2023
Catalogo degli animali inestimabili
Nonostante quasi ogni parte del globo sia stata colonizzata, conosciamo ancora molto poco dell''ambiente che ci circonda, di ciò che vive sulla terra, nei mari e nel cielo sopra di noi. Per scoprire che il mondo è più sorprendente e meraviglioso di quanto potremmo mai immaginare, basterebbe prestare un po'' più di attenzione alle creature che lo popolano: dal pipistrello, che i navajo credevano essere comparso sulla Terra prima che sorgesse il sole a illuminarla, alle femmine di delfino, che insegnano ai piccoli a riconoscere il loro fischio prima ancora della nascita; dalla rana del legno, che per sopravvivere all''inverno arresta il suo battito cardiaco, alla rarissima talpa dorata, coperta, non si sa a quale scopo, da una pelliccia iridescente. Katherine Rundell, già apprezzata scrittrice di libri per ragazzi, torna in libreria con un delizioso Catalogo degli animali inestimabili, ricco di aneddoti e curiosità, tra folklore e nuove scoperte scientifiche. Attingendo a documenti storici e citazioni letterarie invita il lettore non solo a guardare al mondo con occhi nuovi, cogliendo la bellezza degli animali che abitano il pianeta insieme a noi, ma anche a tutelarne la salvaguardia. Un''occasione per lasciarsi sbalordire e innamorarsi, per fare i conti con la bellezza del mondo, la sua stranezza e la sua fragilità. L''autrice ci guida alla scoperta di ventidue animali unici nel loro genere e anche per questo a rischio di estinzione. Del resto «non c''è quasi nessuna creatura al mondo che non lo sia», scrive. «È l''Occidente che ha contribuito di più alla distruzione dell''ecosistema globale, ma l''impatto sarà avvertito anche da tutto il resto della Terra.»

Iyi Hirsizlar

release date: Apr 01, 2023

Wonderbaarlijke dieren

release date: Mar 30, 2023
Wonderbaarlijke dieren
Schitterend bestiarium voor jong en oud Een gierzwaluw vliegt tijdens zijn leven een afstand van twee miljoen kilometer. Even ver als twee keer heen en weer naar de maan, en nog een keertje terug naar de maan. Ooit kreeg de koning van Frankrijk een giraffe cadeau. Die paradeerde door de straten van Parijs in de mooiste hautecoutureregenjas van dat moment. De tong van een schubdier is langer dan zijn lichaam. Hij zit netjes opgeborgen bij zijn heupgewricht. In Wonderbaarlijke dieren (die echt bestaan) zijn eenentwintig van de meest fascinerende, wonderschone schepsels verzameld die onze aarde bevolken en helaas met uitsterven worden bedreigd. Katherine Rundell beschrijft ze op geestige en scherpzinnige wijze en nodigt de lezer uit om nog beter naar onze fragiele en onwaarschijnlijk mooie planeet te kijken.

Ein unvorstellbar unsinniges Abenteuer

release date: Jan 09, 2023
Ein unvorstellbar unsinniges Abenteuer
Endlich im Taschenbuch: der neue Abenteuerroman von Katherine Rundell! Spannend und mitreißend - für alle, die "Wells & Wong" lieben! Kaum ist Vita mit ihrer Mutter in New York gelandet, fordert sie auch schon den stadtbekannten Betrüger Victor Sorrotore heraus. Schließlich hat der ihren Großvater um das Familienanwesen gebracht. Vita schwört Rache und schmiedet zusammen mit einer Taschendiebin und zwei Jungen vom Zirkus einen ausgeklügelten Plan, um das Haus oder doch zumindest den Smaragd ihres Großvaters zurückzuholen. Ein unvorstellbar unsinniges Abenteuer beginnt. Ein Buch voll unerwarteter Wendungen, waschechter Zirkustiere und halsbrecherischer Akrobatik, dazu vier wunderbare Freunde, die gemeinsam einen echten Bösewicht bekämpfen. Das perfekte Lesevergnügen!

Creature impossibili

release date: Jan 01, 2023

Capriole sotto il temporale. Uniform Edit.

release date: Jan 01, 2023

Sophie sui tetti di Parigi. Uniform Edit.

release date: Jan 01, 2023

I ladri di New York. Uniform Edit.

release date: Jan 01, 2023

Wonderbaarlijke dieren (die echt bestaan)

release date: Jan 01, 2023
Wonderbaarlijke dieren (die echt bestaan)
Verhalen en weetjes over eenentwintig fascinerende dieren die met uitsterven worden bedreigd. Met realistische kleurenillustraties.

Super-Infinite

release date: Sep 06, 2022
Super-Infinite
Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of the 2022 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 Plutarch Award A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of 2022 A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary Hub From the standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, a member of Parliament—and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a sixteen-year-old girl without her father’s consent, struggled to feed a family of ten children, and was often ill and in pain. He was a man who suffered from surges of misery, yet expressed in his verse many breathtaking impressions of electric joy and love. In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell embarks on a fleet-footed act of evangelism, showing us the many sides of Donne’s extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times—unveiling Donne as the most remarkable mind and as a lesson in living.

Una zebra in fuga. Ediz. a colori

release date: Jan 01, 2022

Het wilde meisje

release date: Jan 01, 2022

Los ladrones buenos

release date: Jun 03, 2021
Los ladrones buenos
Nueva novela de una de las grandes novelistas juveniles anglosajonas. Cuando Vita Marlowe aterriza en Nueva York, ciudad a la que ha viajado con su madre desde Inglaterra, ignora que está a punto de emprender una arriesgada aventura para ayudar a su querido abuelo Jack Welles. Un famoso estafador con conexiones con la mafia lo ha engañado y el anciano ha perdido su casa y todas sus posesiones. Su nieta hará lo imposible para hacerle sonreír de nuevo. Con ese objetivo en mente, Vita urde un plan con la ayuda de una joven carterista y dos talentosos aprendices del circo, ambos amantes de los animales y capaces de desafiar la gravedad con sus excepcionales habilidades. Rápidamente los cuatro amigos se verán envueltos en una intriga repleta de emoción para recuperar el hogar de Jack. La nueva novela de Katherine Rundell es una historia trepidante y apasionada, con elementos de luces y sombras, protagonizada por un grupo de niños unidos contra el mal y la injusticia. Reseñas: «Rundell es una de las mejores escritoras de literatura juvenil que hay en este momento, y si aún no la has descubierto, este libro divertido y adictivo es una gran opción para comenzar. Es probable que sea el mejor libro juvenil que leerás este año.» The Times «Una historia deslumbrante llena de esperanza, dolor, valentía y amor intergeneracional.» Publishers Weekly (reseña destacada) «Rundell tiene un don para las descripciones precisas y hermosas. El libro está lleno de escenas bellas y sorprendentes, como la del caballo blanco galopando por la ciudad a primera hora de la mañana, así como de un generoso sentido de la aventura y el compañerismo. Rundell usa, y subvierte ligeramente, la clásica historia de la búsqueda del tesoro.» Literary Review «Los buenos ladrones es un libro de intriga maravillosamente escrito que deleitará a los seguidores de Rundell.» The Telegraph «Su última entrega no sólo es adictiva, sino que es un placer leer cada frase.» Sunday Times «Esta novela es tan convincente como una aventura circense de Enid Blyton: si Blyton hubiera escrito con compasión y con una prosa limpia y elegante, en la que es un placer sumergirse... Escarceos mafiosos, hazañas impresionantes y una atmósfera trepidante de principio a fin, hacen que sea una delicia para leer de una sentada. Sin duda Rundell está en la cumbre de su talento.» The Guardian «Rundell orquesta una acción trepidante y emocionante, con unos personajes vívidos y entrañables, con la precisión de un relojero.» Daily Mail «Con una trama apasionante y unos personajes inolvidables, lo último de Rundell es otro triunfo.» Mail on Sunday «Bellamente escrito y con una trama perfecta.» The Times Saturday Review «Katherine Rundell se hizo un nombre con la multipremiada Sophie en los cielos de París y es una de las autoras infantiles más talentosas que existen.» D aily Express «Con un ritmo rápido y una redacción aguda, con generosas dosis de emoción y humor, la nueva novela de Rundell atraerá a los lectores amantes de las grandes aventuras y con un fuerte sentido de la justicia.» Bookpage

Sophie sui tetti di Parigi. Ediz. speciale. Imperdibili

release date: Jan 01, 2021

The Katherine Rundell Collection

release date: Nov 26, 2020
The Katherine Rundell Collection
_______________ Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell... _______________ ''Read everything she writes'' - Daily Mail ''A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination'' - Philip Pullman _______________ Whether it''s leaping over the rooftops of Paris, running with wolves in snowy Russia, learning to survive the dangers of the Amazon rainforest or embarking on a heist in 1920s New York, each of Rundell''s books opens a window into a different world. Full of brilliant characters, from courageous young girls and boys to the most fearsome of villains, these stories are about bravery, resourcefulness and how age is no barrier to changing the world. This eBook bundle contains: - Rooftoppers - The Wolf Wilder - The Explorer - The Good Thieves

I Ladri di New York

release date: Oct 06, 2020
I Ladri di New York
Vita Marlowe, dodici anni, inglese, è appena sbarcata a New York con sua madre e ha già una missione. Il nonno, amatissimo, è stato vittima di un raggiro, e ha perso tutto: i gioielli, i ricordi, il castello sulla riva dello Hudson. Vita, debole di gambe ma eccezionale nella mira, è determinata a restituirgli ogni cosa e studia un piano contro un noto e pericoloso truffatore legato alla Mafia. Da sola, però, sa di non poterlo sconfiggere. Ha bisogno di alleati. E chi meglio di una giovane borseggiatrice e di due ragazzi del circo che si esibisce alla Carnegie Hall? Un''avventura a rotta di collo per le strade di New York, nei ruggenti Anni Venti. Dopo Sophie, Feo e Wilhelmina, un''altra ragazza inarrestabile di Katherine Rundell: Vita Marlowe. Preparatevi a conoscerla.

The Book of Hopes

release date: Oct 01, 2020

El explorador del Amazonas / The Explorer

release date: Sep 22, 2020
El explorador del Amazonas / The Explorer
Una novela sobre el valor de la amistad protagonizada por unos niños perdidos en la selva amazónica. Desde su asiento en un avión de seis plazas, Fred observa cómo los misterios de la selva amazónica pasan bajo sus pies. Siempre ha soñado en convertirse en un explorador, hacer historia y leer su nombre como uno de los grandes descubridores de su tiempo, así que piensa que ojalá pudiera aterrizar y pisar tierra, aunque fuera sólo un minuto. Cuando, a causa de un accidente, el avión se estrella, Fred podrá por fin caminar por la selva, pero no en las condiciones que había imaginado. Lila, Max y Contia, otros tres niños supervivientes, no tienen ninguna esperanza de ser rescatados de ese lugar inmenso e indómito donde las opciones de volver a casa se reducen a las mínimas posibilidades. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes. Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they’re on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.

The Good Thieves

release date: Aug 25, 2020
The Good Thieves
“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational adoration.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill at her cleverness, tenacity, and close escapes.” —Booklist “A satisfying adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews From award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a fast-paced and utterly thrilling adventure driven by the loyalty and love between a grandfather and his granddaughter. When Vita’s grandfather’s mansion is taken from him by a powerful real estate tycoon, Vita knows it’s up to her to make things right. With the help of a pickpocket and her new circus friends, Vita creates the plan: Break into the mansion. Steal back what’s rightfully her grandfather’s. Expose the real estate tycoon for the crook he truly is. But 1920s Manhattan is ever-changing and full of secrets. It might take more than Vita’s ragtag gang of misfits to outsmart the city that never sleeps. Award-winning author Katherine Rundell has created an utterly gripping tour de-force about loyalty, trust, and the lengths to which we’ll go for the ones we love.
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