<div><b>Tess has a secret power&mdash;and it just might save the world from disaster</b><BR>Thirteen-year-old Tess is a Switcher, able to change into any animal at will. No one knows her secret, or so she thinks. But one day a strange, scruffy boy follows her home from her Dublin bus stop. The boy&rsquo;s name is Kevin, and he&rsquo;s a Switcher too. Kevin convinces Tess that their powers are needed for something important: stopping the snowstorms that are rapidly advancing from the Arctic. Tess and Kevin will have to stretch their abilities to the very limit in order to save the world from frozen destruction.</div>

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Switchers

<div><B>The author of the Switchers Trilogy &ldquo;creates a convincing fantasy world&rdquo; in this magical novel of a girl who sets out on a daring journey (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>).</B><BR /> Everyone in Rilka&rsquo;s village knows about the beguilers: the golden-eyed, wailing creatures that come out after dark and lure people to their doom. Rilka astonishes her fellow villagers when she reveals that her Great Intention&mdash;her first act as an adult&mdash;is to capture a beguiler. During her dangerous quest to the cloud mountain, the rumored lair of the beguilers, Rilka discovers truths about the beguilers&mdash;and herself&mdash;that will change her life and her village forever.</div>

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The Beguilers

<div><b>Should you believe what you see with your own eyes, even if it can&rsquo;t be explained?</b><BR>Laurie is worried. Her father refuses to discuss the vision they have seen lurking by his science lab: glowing, dangerous-looking horsemen bearing bows and swords. Laurie is sure that the horsemen are portents of doom. Are they somehow connected to her father&rsquo;s mysterious genetic research? The recent bombings in Birmingham, England? The unrest in Shasakstan, a country ruled by a dictatorship and armed with nuclear weapons? And if these horsemen do pose a threat, is it too late for Laurie to stop them?     </div>

The Fourth Horseman

<div><b>The Greek god Hermes narrates this extraordinary novel of contemporary romance by award-winning author Kate Thompson </b><BR>&ldquo;I have a story for you . . . It is a tale of immortals, acted by mortals.&rdquo; So begins this story of two lonely people who meet at an adult education class. Jessie Parker has just turned forty. Between the recent death of her mother and the local library&rsquo;s burning down, she feels bereft and adrift. Patrick Robinson, a journalist with artistic tendencies, is also searching for something. With the gods looking down upon them, Jessie and Patrick begin dating. Soon, they find themselves deeply in love, but caught up in the struggles that plague all relationships. Told from the perspective of the immortal Hermes, <i>Down Among the Gods </i>is a riff on the modern romance. By turns funny and moving, this remarkable novel lays bare the intimate yearnings of those who quest after love everlasting&mdash;whether on Olympus or right here on Earth.</div>

Down Among the Gods

<div><b>Set on a farm on Ireland&rsquo;s West Coast, this gripping novel by Kate Thompson revolves around a missing teenager&mdash;and the shattering effect of her disappearance upon her family and friends</b><BR>Nineteen-year-old Martina Keane has vanished, seemingly into thin air. She rode off one morning, and her horse, Specks, came home without her. Martina&rsquo;s father, Gerard, soon falls under suspicion, and her mother, Brigid, finds she must reevaluate her narrow, materialist existence. With their world turned upside down and their parents emotionally absent, Martina&rsquo;s teenaged brother, Joseph, and their younger sister, Aine, are left to deal with the disaster in their own, very different ways. Set on the borderlines of the modern and the traditional, the material and the mythical, <i>Thin Air </i>is the story of a family coming apart at the seams . . . and coming together again.   </div>

Thin Air

<div><b>Tess is a Switcher, able to change shape at will&mdash;and it&rsquo;s time for her to choose her final form</b><BR>Tess can morph into any creature, including ones thought to be imaginary. Within days, she will turn fifteen and lose her power, remaining locked into a single shape. But what shape should she choose? As she tries to decide, Tess travels to her uncle Maurice&rsquo;s farm in County Clare. She&rsquo;s distracted from her weighty decision by the feeling that there&rsquo;s something strange about the woods near the farm. Why is Uncle Maurice so eager to sell the land? And what does the secret in the woods have to do with Tess&rsquo;s choice? Her journey will take her to places she never could have imagined as she approaches once and for all her final Switch.</div>

Wild Blood

<div><b>A special three-in-one edition of Kate Thompson&rsquo;s Switchers fantasy trilogy, including <i>Switchers</i>, <i>Midnight&rsquo;s Choice</i>, and <i>Wild Blood</i></b> In <i>Switchers</i>, thirteen-year-old Tess has a secret power&mdash;and it just might save the world from disaster.She is a Switcher, able to change into any animal at will. No one knows her secret, or so she thinks. But one day, a strange, scruffy boy named Kevin follows her home from her Dublin bus stop. He&rsquo;s a Switcher, too, and he convinces Tess that their powers are needed to stop the snowstorms that are rapidly advancing from the Arctic. Tess and Kevin will have to stretch their abilities to the very limit to try to save the world from frozen destruction. In <i>Midnight&rsquo;s Choice</i>, Tess believes she has experienced everything her powers have to offer&mdash;until she meets Martin, another Switcher, who seems to have a mysterious power over the Dublin rats. Martin&rsquo;s gift is dangerous and terrifying, but also exciting, and Tess can&rsquo;t resist the temptation to explore his dark and thrilling world. Will she find the strength to resist, or will she be pulled permanently into darkness? In <i>Wild Blood</i>, it&rsquo;s time for Tess to choose her final form.Within days, she will turn fifteen and lose her power, remaining locked into a single shape. But what shape should she choose? As she tries to decide, Tess travels to her uncle Maurice&rsquo;s farm in County Clare. She&rsquo;s distracted from her weighty decision by the feeling that there&rsquo;s something strange about the woods near the farm. What does it have to do with Tess&rsquo;s choice? Her journey will take her to places she never could have imagined, as she approaches once and for all her final Switch.</div>

The Switchers Trilogy

<div><b>Michael is inexplicably drawn to Annie, but a deep and mysterious river divides them</b><BR>Michael Duggan feels lost. After the death of his younger sister in a riding accident, his parents have relocated their family and their horse-dealing business to Scotland. Days and nights are taken up with caring for the horses and ponies, showing them to buyers, and competing in shows. School is a blur&mdash;Michael has no friends and no clear sense of who he is. He feels completely alone in the world, until he meets Annie, a girl who, like him, seems to want to flee from something; a girl who has dark secrets of her own. Michael desperately wants to be with Annie. But she lives on the opposite side of the treacherous Annan Water . . .     </div>

Annan Water

<div><b>Jack is about to discover how to make gold&mdash;but the secret art will come at a price</b><BR>The year is 1720, and Jack, a London blacksmith&rsquo;s apprentice, is fleeing the punishment of his master. Now a runaway, Jack&rsquo;s wanderings take him to the Thames River, where he plucks a curious little pot out of the water. Hoping that his find will prove valuable, Jack discovers that it belongs to a practitioner of the forbidden art of alchemy. The alchemist agrees to take Jack on as an apprentice and teach him his secret craft, which will lead not to shelter or security, but to something far more wonderful and perilous. Jack&rsquo;s quest will take him to unexpected places where he&rsquo;ll learn that there&rsquo;s more to alchemy than he bargained for. But will learning the secrets of making gold come at too great a cost?    </div>

The Alchemist's Apprentice

<div><b>In a small Irish town, an environmental activist and a butcher come together to track down a violent criminal</b><BR>For eco-warrior and journalist Sarah O&rsquo;Malley, a temporary stint managing her sister&rsquo;s holistic food store is the perfect escape. But her baggage is unavoidable: Haunted by the spirit of her dead lover, Duncan&mdash;who dispenses advice whether she wants it or not&mdash;Sarah becomes enmeshed in the mystery of a dying calf. Her search for answers brings her into contact with Malachy Glynn, the town butcher. The philosophical Malachy is the antithesis of everything Sarah believes in. But as their community descends into a quagmire of deceit and violence, Sarah and Malachy become unlikely allies in a quest for the truth. A timeless morality tale that exposes the hypocrisy and greed that lurk in all of us, Thompson&rsquo;s novel is also a profound and affecting meditation on the acts of worship and contrition that we call love.</div>

An Act of Worship

<div><b>Switcher Tess is about to discover her dark side</b><BR>Tess is a Switcher, able to change into any creature at will. She believes she has experienced everything her powers have to offer&mdash;until she meets Martin, another Switcher, who seems to have a mysterious power over the Dublin rats. Martin has found a use for his gift that Tess could never have imagined. It is dangerous and terrifying, but also exciting, and Tess can&rsquo;t resist the temptation to explore Martin&rsquo;s dark and thrilling world. Will she find the strength to resist, or will she be pulled permanently into darkness?</div>

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Books By Kate Thompson (11 Books)

Switchers

The Beguilers

The Fourth Horseman

Down Among the Gods

Thin Air

Wild Blood

The Switchers Trilogy

Annan Water

The Alchemist's Apprentice

An Act of Worship

Midnight's Choice

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