Eleven-year-old Darwen Arkwright has spent his whole life in a tiny town in England. So when he is forced to move to Atlanta, Georgia, to live with his aunt, he knows things will be different - but what he finds there is beyond even his wildest imaginings! Darwen discovers an enchanting world through the old mirror hanging in his closet - a world that holds as many dangers as it does wonders. Scrobblers on motorbikes with nets big enough to fit a human boy. Gnashers with no eyes, but monstrous mouths full of teeth. Flittercrakes with bat-like bodies and the faces of men. Along with his new friends Rich and Alexandra, Darwen becomes entangled in an adventure and a mystery that involves the safety of his entire school. They soon realize that the creatures are after something in our world - something that only human children possess. "Fantastic, surprising fun!" - R. L. Stine A Look Inside Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact Eleven-year-old Darwen Arkwright discovers another world through the old mirror hanging in his closet--a world that holds as many dangers as it does wonders. Take a peek inside A. J. Hartley's enchanting Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact. A. J. Hartley (www.ajhartley.net) is the author of several bestselling adult novels and has been published in over twenty languages worldwide. He has a Ph.D. in English literature from Boston University, and he is the Russell Robinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He lives with his wife and son in Charlotte, NC. Darwen Arkwright is his children's debut.