Bøger af Patience Agbabi

It's New Year's Eve and there's trouble on the timeline. Elle is sent on an urgent trip to the 31st of December 1999, the eve of the new millennium, where Millennia's on the rampage. She aims to reinvent herself as a malevolent millennial by taking on Time itself.Can Millennia change the past to destroy the future? It can't be left to chance. It's up to Elle and The Infinites to save the world. And with the very nature of time at stake, they'll have unexpected help from friends in high places. It's the final countdown. And it starts now . . .

Inspired by 90s poetry, 80s rap and 70s disco, this title is a celebration of literary form and constitutes a very potent and telling commentary on the realities of late twentieth century Britain. It is also a self-portrait of a poet whose honesty, intelligence and wit manages to pack a punch, draw a smile and warm your heart all at once.

A brilliant re-interpretation of The Canterbury Tales for the 21st century, from one of the UK's foremost poets

New collection of poems by one of Britain's Next Generation Poets

Fourteen-year-old Elle and her friends are going to a not-to-be-missed funfair. But a ride on the Ghost Train takes them further than they ever imagined. They end up in 1880, face-to-face with criminal mastermind, The Grandfather!To Elle's surprise, he needs her help. Someone has threatened to reveal The Gift to the media. If that happens, everyone will know that Leaplings can leap through time; no Leapling will be safe. Meanwhile, Millennia's power at the head of The Vicious Circle grows.Will Elle work for a villain to save her secret community? Can she and The Infinites crush The Vicious Circle for good?

Elle is back! This time she's leaping almost three whole centuries back in time, to catch a thief, help her friend and save our future

Offers a collection of poems and images published to mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. This title features poems that are based on the theme of enslavement.

The Infinite is a mind-bending, time-twisting adventure for readers who loved Time Travelling with a Hamster and A Wrinkle in Time. The first book in The Leap Cycle series