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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...
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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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Discovery Miles 5 360
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A born and bred New Yorker, Katharina is the daughter of
immigrants, Ivy-League-educated, and speaks four languages. As a
single girl in 1940's Manhattan, she is a translator at the newly
formed United Nations, devoting her days to her work and the
promise of world peace - and her nights to cocktails and the
promise of a good time. Now the wife of a beloved pediatric surgeon
and heir to a shipping fortune, Katharina is trapped in a gilded
cage, desperate to escape the constraints of domesticity. So when
she is approached by the FBI and asked to join their ranks as an
informant, Katharina seizes the opportunity. A man from her past
has become a high-level Soviet spy, but no one has been able to
infiltrate his circle. Enter Katharina, the perfect woman for the
job. Navigating the demands of the FBI and the secrets of the KGB,
she becomes a courier, carrying stolen government documents from
D.C. to Manhattan. But as those closest to her lose their covers,
and their lives, Katharina's secret soon threatens to ruin her.
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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(Hardcover)
Janice Jordan Shefelman; Illustrated by Tom Shefelman, Karl Shefelman
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R537
Discovery Miles 5 370
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