New Releases by Welwyn Wilton Katz

In this beloved retelling of a legendary epic, young readers follow the adventures of Beowulf, Wiglaf, and Aelfhere, all of whom are endowed with a different magical ability. Far from a gift, their magic is actually a terrible burden. Beowulf''s superhuman strength makes him clumsy and even overpowers his own weapons. Aelfhere''s ability to read minds reveals disturbing truths. And Wiglaf''s life-like dreams foretell disaster. Welwyn Wilton Katz recounts the Beowulf legend from the point of view of Wiglaf, who hears about Beowulf''s many adventures: the seven-day swim in which he kills nine monsters, the battle in the mead hall with the wicked troll Grendel, the underwater struggle with the sea serpents, and the confrontation with Grendel''s evil mother. Wiglaf doesn''t just hear about adventure -- he even participates in the final battle with a dragon. Laszlo Gal''s magnificent paintings, vividly reproduced in the pages of this rich book, are some of his finest work. Based on the art of the Vikings, they have the brilliant color and sinuous line of an illuminated manuscript.

After he builds and successfully sails the model ship which he names for his absent mother, thirteen-year-old Ben begins to accept his new life in the land of the historical Vikings.

Thrilled to land a summer job on a major production of "Macbeth" sixteen year old Kinny soon finds everything going dangerously wrong especially after she acquires a seemingly ordinary old mirror from the junk shop.

Als de 12-jarige Thorny in de zomer naar een plaatsje in Engeland wordt gestuurd, vraagt ze zich af waarom iedereen zich zo druk maakt over een oude steencirkel. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.

Twee jongeren, die om heel verschillende redenen zijn betrokken bij een natuurbehoudproject in Californië, delen hun interesse voor de walvissen en voor elkaar.

In 2044 in an ecologically destroyed Canada, Sara and her friend Dani accompany Sara''s grandmother to the still unspoiled North Pole and there begin an adventure in time that helps them understand the fragile world they inhabit.

Eine irokesische Ritualmaske, die Laney (12) in ihrer kanadischen Heimatstadt findet, bringt sie und ihren halbindianischen Freund Tom in ungeahnte Schwierigkeiten.

A scientific field trip on the California coast, near the possible site of a sunken treasure ship from Francis Drake''s expedition, brings together two teenagers, an emotionally isolated boy and a girl who is discovering she shares an empathic bond with two gray whales in the area.

In this interpretation of the Arthurian legend, fifteen-year-old Morgan Lefevre is mistaken for one of her ancestors while visiting England, summoned to the alien world of Nwm, and caught between the opposing cruelties of the two Magics.

One day Laney and Tom discover two terrifying, old Indian masks in a nearby bog but even more horrible is what lies beneath them.

Summering with his father on the Channel Island of Guernsey, fourteen-year-old Mike perceives inexplicable, but undeniable, signs of witchcraft which seem directed at destroying his friends.

The Aubrey children are transported to mysterious world by a sorceress and a prince to help defeat the Red Guard, an evil force which has kept the world in darkness for over 700 years.