Marcus Sedgwick delves into the psychological depths and darker aspects of the human psyche. His style is marked by keen insight into character motivations and masterful suspense-building, drawing readers into compelling narratives. Sedgwick often explores themes of loss, identity, and the blurred lines between reality and illusion. His narrative skill lies in his ability to take complex ideas and transform them into engaging and memorable storytelling.
A grim discovery brings disturbing revelations in this chilling ghost story from the late Marcus Sedgwick. While mucking about in the ruins of an old farm while on holiday in Yorkshire, James hears strange laughter echoing around the walls. The ghost of a young girl appears to him and urges James to follow her but at first he's too afraid. When she appears again, this time James follows. But will he be able to face the terrible truth she reveals ...?
Exploring the challenges faced when medical professionals dismiss genuine health concerns, this book delves into the emotional and psychological turmoil of patients whose illnesses are questioned. It highlights the struggle for validation and the impact of being perceived as imagining symptoms, ultimately shedding light on the importance of empathy and understanding in healthcare. Through personal stories, it addresses the stigma surrounding invisible illnesses and the journey toward self-advocacy and awareness.
Marcus Sedgwick crafts a characteristically unsettling mystery exploring teen relationships and our connection to the world around us in his gripping Barrington Stoke debut.
Be the Change: Be Calm will show you how to shut down anxiety with fun and simple ways to calm your mind by listening to what your body is telling you. Ever tried the half-salamander exercise? And have you ever performed a body scan? These amazing activities along with many others will become your toolkit to a calmer and happier life.
Kindness is cool! It can create positive change in all our lives. Be the Change: Be Kind is your handbook on how to use your own voice to empower yourself and others to spread kindness. Award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick tells the story of kindness - where it comes from, what it feels like and perhaps most importantly why it matters.
A mysterious narrator witnesses three change-making moments of rebellion and revolution - and one of them is now.
One long, hot summer, two children disappear on a school trip. One child is eventually found, but Porter is worried that no one is even looking for the other, Stephen, anymore. Why can no one remember who Stephen is? What happened on the school trip? And why does Porter get the feeling that supernatural forces from deep in the past are at play?
A lyrical and dreamlike story of two brothers in conflict amidst the devastation of WWII London. Harry Black wakes in hospital to learn that his brother Ellis has almost certainly been killed by a V2 rocket falling during a German air raid on London. In a state of wounded delirium, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the reality of the war-torn city, the fiction of his unpublished sci-fi novel and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Driven by visions of Ellis still alive and a sense of poetic inevitability, Harry discharges himself from hospital and begins a search for his brother that will lead him deep into the city's Underworld...
A timely, contemporary novel challenging ideas around health - our own and our planet's - and the stigma that persists around illness, by Printz Medallist and internationally bestselling novelist, Marcus Sedgwick. Ash has lived in eight states in as many years. Mom has gone walkabout, but stepdad Jack is like a father, and stepbrother Bly the best anyone could wish for. When Bly goes missing too, Ash sets off to search for him - and finds something much bigger: the sickness of the world. Arriving in Snowflake, Arizona, Ash discovers Bly living with a community 6000 feet high in the wide red desert. They call themselves the Canaries and all suffer from some kind of environmental illness. They are ostracised by modern society, as it continues to ignore climate change, global warming and so much more of our self-inflicted poisoning of the planet. When Ash takes ill, the doctor's response is, 'it's all in your mind'. In a story spanning seven years with triumphs and tragedies, Ash learns how to live as the world is pushed to a point of no return. This humane and deeply thoughtful novel is about resilience, trust, family and love.