Poppy Rogers

Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman – the mother of a troubled teen son – who was widowed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A tale about two young boys, Prosper and Bo, who flee to Venice after being orphaned and dumped in the care of a cruel auntie. Hiding in the canals and alleyways of the city, the boys are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic leader, the Thief Lord. From their home base of an old cinema theater, the children steal from the rich to support themselves and soon capture the interest of a bumbling detective. However, a greater threat to the children is something from a forgotten past - a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself

A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in a gravel pit. As a reward for finding him, It grants the children one wish a day, the results of which will last until sunset.

A satirical look at modern technology.

19世紀末のロンドン。アイルランドから流れてきたメアリは、ホワイトチャペルの町で売春婦をしながら暮らす。ある日、メアリの売春婦仲間のひとりが刃物で殺される事件が発生。犯人の手がかりはつかめず、警察はアバーライン警部を担当に。かつての事件で妻子を失った彼は生きる希望もなくしてアヘンに溺れているが、幻覚の中で隠された真実を垣間見るという能力がある。互いに惹かれあっていくメアリとアバーラインだった。