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An epic story of determination and love, about one family's escape from the Allied bombing of Dresden in the Second World War.
Lizzie and Karl's mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don't run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in their garden instead. When the city is bombed, the family flees with thousands of others, but how can they walk the same route when they have an elephant in tow, and keep themselves safe? Along the way, they meet Peter, a Canadian navigator who risks his own capture to save the family.
As Michael Morpurgo writes in an author's note, An Elephant in the Garden is inspired by historical truths, and by his admiration for elephants, "the noblest and wisest and most sensitive of all creatures." Here is a story that brings together an unlikely group of survivors whose faith in kindness and love proves the best weapon of all.
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Gaslight
(Paperback)
Eloise Williams
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R217
R204
Discovery Miles 2 040
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1899. All Nansi knows is that her mother disappeared on the day she
was fished out of Cardiff docks. She can't remember anything else.
Now, with no other family to turn to, she works for Sid at the
Empire Theatre, sometimes legally, sometimes thieving to order,
trying to earn enough money to hire a detective to find her mother.
Everything changes when Constance and Violet join the theatre, both
with their own dark secrets. Nansi is forced to be part of Violet's
crooked psychic act. But it's when Constance recognises her, and
realises who her mother must be, that Nansi's world is turned
upside down forever. She is soon on the run for her life and she
will have to risk everything if she's going to find the truth.
Paisley 1876. 12-year-old Jim has escaped from the Poor House and
now he must save his little brother from the same fate. His only
hope lies in a mysterious family heirloom - a Paisley patterned
shawl that has five guineas sewn into its hem - the price of a new
life for Jim's family. Now he must find the shawl and steal it back
from the big house where the girl with the red hair lives... Two
different worlds collide in this gripping Victorian mystery as Jim
and Jessie unravel the past and its pattern of secrets...
EVERY ACT OF TRANSLATION REQUIRES SACRIFICE
Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons.
London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the
streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow
the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure
her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By
midnight, Viv has started a civil war.
With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv
has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered
in the form of a mysterious ‘job’, she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley
Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker
helping the war effort – if she succeeds, she and her family can all go
home again. If she doesn’t, they’ll all die.
At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of
a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more
she realises that the bubble she’s grown up in isn’t as safe as she
thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really
fighting?
An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a
clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable
story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A
Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an
extraordinary new voice.
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Into the Unknown
(Hardcover)
Christopher Depietro; Illustrated by Christopher Depietro
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R536
Discovery Miles 5 360
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Set during WWII. The Peters Family live in a quaint little cottage
in the heart of Kent, England. They have a pet rabbit called
Thumper who is highly intelligent. Squadron Leader Hal Peters is an
ace RAF pilot who can fly any plane day or night. He is famous for
being the best pilot in Britain. He is sent on many dangerous
missions across The English Channel. Meanwhile back in Kent,
Thumper is about to have his own dangerous adventure.
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