The Boy with the Violet Eyes

Jack's late again, his mum is ill, Tom turns nasty and Meena's fed up. Jack's scientific, but life isn't, though their friendship gets tested in the lab. They discover a whole new world, and he wishes they hadn't. Even in his dreams he's no hero. He's only there because Meena followed the strange boy - who knows about Jack's father and his crystal. Black flowers are bringing plague to medieval Macron. On the prince's birthday, a tyrant takes over. But a demon has got into him, his beast and shadowhawks. What can Hakeema and three children do? Target age: 9-13 -- suitable for children who think; unsuitable for adults who don't think