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Runaway bird
(Hardcover)
Alexander Gregy; Edited by Kiester Lekha; Illustrated by Kvirikashvili Lika
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Auntie Robbo
(Paperback)
Ann Scott-Moncrieff; Illustrated by Christopher Brooker
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Hector is an 11-year-old boy living near Edinburgh with his great
auntie Robbo who is in her eighties. A woman calling herself his
step-mother arrives from England and Hector and Auntie Robbo
realise that they have to run away. The chase leads all over the
north of Scotland, narrowly escaping police and the authorities,
adopting three homeless children on the way. Originally refused
publication in London because it was deemed critical of the
English, Auntie Robbo was first published in the U.S. in 1940.
After success in print it was taken on by Constable in 1959 and
later was published in India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand,
Denmark and Germany.
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The Children and George
(Hardcover)
Charles Criner; Illustrated by Charles Criner; Edited by Sherra Branch
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The seductive and action-packed follow-up to Alex Aster’s instant #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and internationally bestselling novel, Lightlark.
Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers. Now, in the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla finds herself hungry for distraction, preferring to frequent Lightlark’s seductive haunts instead of embracing her duties as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms. Worse, her fellow rulers haven’t ceded victory quietly, and there are others in Isla’s midst who don’t believe her ascent to power was earned. As certain death races toward Lightlark and secrets from the past begin to unravel, Isla must weigh her responsibility to her people against the whims of the most dangerous traitor of all: her heart.
Alex Aster’s intricate world expands after the riveting culmination of the Centennial games, delving more deeply into Isla’s memories of her past, as her future hurtles toward two possible fates.
ALONE
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father
when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes.
Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with
nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave
him as a present -- and the dreadful secret that has been tearing
him apart since his parent's divorce. But now Brian has no time for
anger, self pity, or despair -- it will take all his know-how and
determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to
survive.
For twenty years Gary Paulsen's award-winning contemporary classic
has been the survival story with which all others are compared.
This new edition, with a reading group guide, will introduce a new
generation of readers to this page-turning, heart-stopping
adventure.
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