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From Twinkle, With Love
Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories to tell - if only the world would listen. So when nerdy classmate and (read more)
Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories to tell - if only the world would listen. So when nerdy classmate and fellow film-obsessive Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a film for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle can't wait. The chance to showcase her artistic voice? Dream come true.
The opportunity to get closer to longtime crush, Neil Roy - aka Sahil's twin brother? Dream come even truer. When Twinkle receives an email from a secret admirer - the mysterious 'N' - she is sure it's Neil, finally ready for their happy ending. The only problem is that, in the course of their movie-making, she has found herself falling for Sahil - the wrong brother. (hide)
The opportunity to get closer to longtime crush, Neil Roy - aka Sahil's twin brother? Dream come even truer. When Twinkle receives an email from a secret admirer - the mysterious 'N' - she is sure it's Neil, finally ready for their happy ending. The only problem is that, in the course of their movie-making, she has found herself falling for Sahil - the wrong brother. (hide)
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Frozen Charlotte
We're waiting for you to come and play. Dunvegan School for Girls has been closed for many years. Converted into a family home, the (read more)
We're waiting for you to come and play. Dunvegan School for Girls has been closed for many years. Converted into a family home, the teachers and students are long gone.
But they left something behind...Sophie arrives at the old schoolhouse to spend the summer with her cousins. Brooding Cameron with his scarred hand, strange Lillias with a fear of bones and Piper, who seems just a bit too good to be true. And then there's her other cousin.
The girl with a room full of antique dolls. The girl that shouldn't be there. The girl that died. (hide)
But they left something behind...Sophie arrives at the old schoolhouse to spend the summer with her cousins. Brooding Cameron with his scarred hand, strange Lillias with a fear of bones and Piper, who seems just a bit too good to be true. And then there's her other cousin.
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Gabriel-Ernest and Other Tales
Pub Date:15/10/2015 - The local landowner Van Cheele experiences an unnerving encounter with a youth sunning himself near a pond, (read more)
Pub Date:15/10/2015 - The local landowner Van Cheele experiences an unnerving encounter with a youth sunning himself near a pond, and starts to wonder if there is any connection between this wild-looking boy and the recent disappearances of poultry, hares, lambs and, more alarmingly, an infant child in the area. To his astonishment, he discovers the next day that his aunt has decided to take the boy in, buying him a suit of clothes and naming him Gabriel-Ernest. Van Cheele remains suspicious, especially when it is revealed that there is something supernatural about their new ward...
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George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt
''We are going', said Annie, 'on a great cosmic journey. So listen up, Savers of Planet Earth, and prepare to meet the Universe'. (read more)
''We are going', said Annie, 'on a great cosmic journey. So listen up, Savers of Planet Earth, and prepare to meet the Universe'. George's best friend Annie needs help.
Her scientist father, Eric, is working on a space project - and it's all going wrong. A robot has landed on Mars, but is behaving very oddly. And now Annie has discovered something weird on her dad's super-computer.
Is it a message from an alien? Could there be life out there? How do you find a planet in outer space? And if you could talk to aliens, what would you say? (hide)
Her scientist father, Eric, is working on a space project - and it's all going wrong. A robot has landed on Mars, but is behaving very oddly. And now Annie has discovered something weird on her dad's super-computer.
Is it a message from an alien? Could there be life out there? How do you find a planet in outer space? And if you could talk to aliens, what would you say? (hide)
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Get Up, Elizabeth!
Even the Queen of England has to get up and groomed to greet the day
Get up, Elizabeth! It's time for the future queen to get out (read more)
Even the Queen of England has to get up and groomed to greet the day
Get up, Elizabeth! It's time for the future queen to get out of bed, scrub her face with almond paste, brush her teeth with soot, comb the tangles out of her unruly red hair, get dressed, and sit still while her ruff is sewn on and her sleeves are pinned. It's rough rising and shining every day for queens and kids alike.
Published:8 Sep 2020
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Get up, Elizabeth! It's time for the future queen to get out of bed, scrub her face with almond paste, brush her teeth with soot, comb the tangles out of her unruly red hair, get dressed, and sit still while her ruff is sewn on and her sleeves are pinned. It's rough rising and shining every day for queens and kids alike.
Published:8 Sep 2020
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Girl and the Dinosaur
A masterpiece of storytelling with evocative and stunning illustrations, destined to be read for years to come. The wishing stars (read more)
A masterpiece of storytelling with evocative and stunning illustrations, destined to be read for years to come. The wishing stars burn bright tonight, the air is thick with dreams,And a deeply sleeping dinosaur is waking up, it seems . .
In a town by the seaside, Marianne is often seen foraging on the beach. But she isn't playing with children her own age. (hide)
In a town by the seaside, Marianne is often seen foraging on the beach. But she isn't playing with children her own age. (hide)
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Girl with Space in Her Heart
Mabel Mynt knows a lot about space... like how we feel connected to the stars because we are all made of stardust. And that Mum's (read more)
Mabel Mynt knows a lot about space... like how we feel connected to the stars because we are all made of stardust. And that Mum's new boyfriend, Galactic Gavin, has eyes that twinkle like Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
And that sometimes the perfect place for her sister, Terrible Topaz, would be a black hole. But Mabel doesn't know how to fill the space in her heart that Dad left when he walked out. And so she sets out on a mission of discovery... (hide)
And that sometimes the perfect place for her sister, Terrible Topaz, would be a black hole. But Mabel doesn't know how to fill the space in her heart that Dad left when he walked out. And so she sets out on a mission of discovery... (hide)
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Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story
Gittel and her mother were supposed to immigrate to America together, but when her mother is stopped by the health inspector, Gittel (read more)
Gittel and her mother were supposed to immigrate to America together, but when her mother is stopped by the health inspector, Gittel must make the journey alone. Her mother writes her cousin's address in New York on a piece of paper. However, when Gittel arrives at Ellis Island, she discovers the ink has run and the address is illegible! How will she find her family? Both a heart-wrenching and heartwarming story, Gittel's Journey offers a fresh perspective on the immigration journey to Ellis Island.
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Go Ask Alice
Have you ever kept a diary? This is the diary of a young girl growing up in sixties America - an honest account of teenage life. (read more)
Have you ever kept a diary? This is the diary of a young girl growing up in sixties America - an honest account of teenage life. But as well as discovering new friends, dating and going to parties, the author of this diary discovers something else: drugs. It is the era of free love and experimentation with mind-bending substances.
And one thing leads to another. This book was first published several decades ago as the shocking real diary of a young woman. Whether it is fact or fiction is up to you to decide.
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And one thing leads to another. This book was first published several decades ago as the shocking real diary of a young woman. Whether it is fact or fiction is up to you to decide.
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Go-Away Bird
From a star picture-book partnership, Julia Donaldson and the award-winning Catherine Rayner comes a gorgeous story about friendship (read more)
From a star picture-book partnership, Julia Donaldson and the award-winning Catherine Rayner comes a gorgeous story about friendship and working together. 'The Go-Away bird sat up in her nest,With her fine grey wings and her fine grey crest.'One by one, the other birds fly into her tree, wanting to talk or to play, but the Go-Away bird just shakes her head and sends them all away. But then the dangerous Get-You bird comes along, and she soon realizes that she might need some friends after all .
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