John Dennison Clarke: 6 books

Joel has spent most of his life moving from place to place “time for a change” his mum calls it. And time for another new school. He has never stayed at a school long enough to make friends. The only person that Joel is getting to know is the school bully. But when Joel meets Megan, he has a reason...

Matt knew he shouldn’t ride down Breakneck Hill. Everyone knew that. But it didn’t stop the others. And if Matt didn’t ride what would everyone think? So he did it. The only problem now was Pete. Matt knew his little brother couldn’t keep a secret. What if his parents found out? Then, one day,...

This book contains three powerful stories based on myths from ancient Greece and Rome.In ‘The Horses of the Sun’ Phaethon defies his father. In ‘Love in the Morning, Love in the Evening’ Aurora wishes for her beloved to live forever. Be careful what you wish for! In'Flight', the greatest inventor...

Dressed in her finery and accompanied by her bridesmaids, Skathi leaves her home. She is a giant on her way to marry a god. To make up for killing her father, the gods have offered Skathi marriage to the god of her choice. Who will she choose? Will she live happily ever after? Skathi and the Beauty Parade, based on an old Norse myth, is a story about trickery.

Amaterasu, the sun goddess, hides in a cave, high in the mountains. The earth is shrouded in darkness and the people of the earth are afraid. What can be done to coax the goddess out of her cave so that there will be light and warmth and happiness again? When the Sun Would Not Shine, based on a Japanese Shinto myth, tells why the natural world is like it is also a story about overcoming sadness.

In a storm-swollen river, a prince manages to cling to the floating trunk of a tree. But he is not pleased when he is joined on the log by three others trying to survive the storm and the flood: a snake, a rat and a parrot. Four on a Log, based on a Hindu myth, is a traditional story about gratitude, respect and justice.