William Mayne

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1970
  • Latest Book:
    July 2010
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Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • Ravensgill

    Judith and Mick live at New Scar House with their large family. Bob and Dick live at the farm at Ravensgill with their grandmother. The children go the same school and are acquainted, but know nothing of their familial relationship to one another ...

  • The Jersey Shore

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  • It

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  • Max's Dream

  • Mouse and the Egg

  • Salt River Times

  • All the King's Men

  • Antar and the Eagles

    One day young Antar is carried away towards the mountains by a fierce eagle. The great bird takes the small boy not as food, but for a mission vital to the entire eagle species. Before he can begin his task, however, Antar must learn to be an eagle....

  • The Patchwork Cat



  • Winter Quarters

  • Hob and the Goblins

    When Hob the friendly spirit finds himself living with mean and nasty witches, gremlins, dwarfs, goblins, and an ogre, he has to use all of his powers, tricks, and lots of love to restore peace to their home....

  • Supernatural Stories: A Hair-Raising Collection

    This collection of more than 20 tales, with its range of stories from the macabre and sinister to the weird and fantastic, is sure to raise more than a few goosebumps! Authors include Robert Westall, Saki, Robert San Souci, and Rudyard Kipling....

  • The Fox Gate and Other Stories

    These seven illustrated animal stories include a fox and his vixen who save the lives of people; a donkey and a lion who meet out in the desert; and a mischievous kitten reaching for the rooftops in a barn....

  • Lady Muck

    After finding a cache of truffles, Boark the pig and his wife, Sowk, set off to town to buy a grand coach, but, along the way, the temptation becomes too great to resist, and Sowk begins to eat the mouthwatering truffles....

  • The Book of Hob Stories

    Invisible to grownups, Hob, the friendly household spirit, is able to see and hear things that bring trouble to the house--and gets rid of them immediately, in this beautifully illustrated anthology of twenty tales....

  • Hob and the Peddler

    Hob, an invisible house spirit, works hard for his unsuspecting family, but when a seemingly perfect new family moves into the house, Hob discovers a huge, horrible secret living in their pond and does everything he can to prevent the trouble ahead....

  • See-Saw Sacradown

    This collection of stories and poems tells of princes and imps, angels and fairies: a poor farmer finds himself swept up in a magical fairy feast; a lady is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband; and a young boy is bewitched by the birth of a very...

  • A Year and a Day

  • Supernatural Stories: Red Hot Reads

    Expect the unexpected in these wonderfully weird stories by an impressive selection of writers, including Ray Bradbury, Truman Capote, and Thomas Hardy. From folktales about phantoms to macabre modern-day stories, this anthology is sure to send shive...



  • Every Dog

    The field next door has been sold, and Robert watches as work begins on the new primary school to be built there. But by night and by day different plans seem to be taking shape, and no-one knows just who is in charge. Oggin, the ginger cat, would li...

  • A Swarm in May

    'I don't see why I should be Beekeeper, Owen thought, just because Crew is away from school with mumps and I'm the youngest Singing Boy in the school.'

    One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the cathedral,...

  • Drift

    'No food, all lost,' said the girl. 'We die ever so soon.' She sat on the trunk of a fallen tree. 'No mans here,' she said. 'Land of bears, all ever bears.'

    Rafe the white boy had been forbidden to play with the 'heathen' Indian girl...

  • Low Tide

    There had never been such a low tide at Jade Bay. It left fish on dry land and a wreck high on a rock, which must be the treasure ship the divers were looking for...

    But three friend's own investigations carry them far into the unexp...

  • A Grass Rope

    An old legend provides the clues for this delightful treasure hunt in the Yorkshire dales. The seekers are Nan and Mary from the farm, Peter from the inn, and Adam Forrest, the head boy from Nan's school. The first clue is concealed in the old sid...

  • A Game of Dark

    In his masterly survey, Written for Children, John Rowe Townsend describes A Game of Dark as 'ambitious and harrowing'. His outline can't be bettered. 'Donald Jackson, nearly fifteen, suffers the pain and guilt of not loving his dying, Meth...

  • Earthfasts

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  • The Incline

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Mayne has published 27 books.

William Mayne does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Game of Dark, was published in July 2010.

The first book by William Mayne, Ravensgill, was published in January 1970.

No. William Mayne does not write books in series.
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