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The days were filled with boating, fishing and exploring. The
nights were bonfires and ghost stories, chase games, and night
swimming. Parents usually gathered to mix drinks and play cards
well into the night. That made it easier for us to play on the
large lawn in front of Harman's cabins, usually until late in the
cooled night when the dew started to gather and the stars seemed to
be so large and bright you could jump and reach them. This is where
we usually had bonfires and told ghost stories. Some of my early
childhood crushes were sparked with young girls from far away
places vacationing at the lake. Some barely knew my name and the
rest I only knew as a passing friend and a face across a fire that
mesmerized a young heart for a few days during the summer. Those
nights and faces are a distant memory now, but will remain a part
of me forever. Sometimes while talking with friends about my
childhood, I describe how fun-filled mine were and most of it
revolved around those special times.
Wag, an enterprising dog, is unique. He can talk. The family pet
strives to keep his secret in a series of adventures with young
twins Lucy and Tom during the summer in World War Two. It's Wag who
discovers a German airman dangling by his parachute from a tree
after his plane is shot down. And he helps recapture the flier
following his escape. He and the twins make friends with two
teenage French refugees - and later make a startling discovery. Wag
comes face-to-face with Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime
leader. Tense nights in the family air raid shelter. The drama of
an unexploded bomb. Moments of comedy such as when Wag chases a cat
into a prison during an outing. The year 1943 ends on a proud note
when Wag is presented with a medal by the King in Buckingham
Palace...for exposing a Nazi spy.
Discover an extraordinary tale of innocence, friendship and the
horrors of war. 'Some things are just sitting there, minding their
own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other
things are probably better off left alone' Nine-year-old Bruno has
a lot of things on his mind. Who is the 'Fury'? Why did he make
them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out-With' ? And who
are all the sad people in striped pyjamas on the other side of the
fence? The grown-ups won't explain so Bruno decides there is only
one thing for it - he will have to explore this place alone. What
he discovers is a new friend. A boy with the very same birthday. A
boy in striped pyjamas. But why can't they ever play together? 'A
small wonder of a book' Guardian BACKSTORY: Read an interview with
the author JOHN BOYNE and learn all about the Second World War in
Germany.
Lives hang in the balance in this gripping Revolutionary War
adventure from a beloved Newbery Medalist.
In 1776, young Sophia Calderwood witnesses the execution of Nathan
Hale in New York City, which is newly occupied by the British army.
Sophia is horrified by the event and resolves to do all she can to
help the American cause. Recruited as a spy, she becomes a maid in
the home of General Clinton, the supreme commander of the British
forces in America. Through her work she becomes aware that someone
in the American army might be switching sides, and she uncovers a
plot that will grievously damage the Americans if it succeeds. But
the identity of the would-be traitor is so shocking that no one
believes her, and so Sophia decides to stop the treacherous plot
herself, at great personal peril: She s young, she s a girl, and
she s running out of time. And if she fails, she s facing an
execution of her own.
Master storyteller Avi shows exactly how personal politics can be
in this nail-biting thriller (Publishers Weekly) that is rich in
historical detail and rife with action.
My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan is the thrilling story of
British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan.
It's 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee
Nazi-occupied France. Noor refuses to stand by while Nazi forces
invade her home and terrorise her people, so she travels to England
and signs up to join the war efforts, despite her mother's wishes.
It isn't long before her talents are noticed and she is chosen by
Winston Churchill to sneak back into France as an undercover agent.
Noor returns home - but this time, as a secret agent... Can Noor
keep her true identity hidden, report her findings back to London
and help the Allies win the war? Perfect for any child wanting to
learn more about history's untold stories Great background reading
for Key Stage 2 & 3 My Story: exciting stories with reliable
and accurate historical detail Experience history first-hand with
My Story.
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Run wild with Wolf Brother in a Stone Age world we all want to be a
part of with million-copy-selling author, Michelle Paver. Danger,
magic and non-stop adventure await Torak, Renn and Wolf in a
devastating Dark Time that threatens everything they know. The
Clans will be tested as never before, as they battle to find ways
to survive and thrive in their beloved Forest. In the Dark Time of
midwinter, disaster strikes the Forest. Chaos rules. Bears woken
from their dens prowl the shadowy valleys. Desperate clans battle
for survival. Only demons thrive. With their world in turmoil,
Torak, Renn and Wolf are tested as never before. And as a new evil
haunts the devastated land, Torak must risk his sanity, his life
and even his souls to save everything he loves... Skin Taker
carries you back to the Stone Age, drawing you deeper into the
astonishing adventure which began with Wolf Brother and has
captivated millions of readers.
The Black Stallion meets Tamora Pierce in this adventure-filled
middle grade novel about a young stable girl who discovers a secret
that endangers her beloved horse and threatens her future.Sonnia
loves horses more than anything. She works at her family's
struggling pony ride business but dreams of the beautiful steeds in
the royal stables, especially Ricochet, who she's been slowly
saving money to buy--even though she knows people from her
impoverished neighborhood are rarely so lucky. Then Ricochet is
moved to the racetrack across town, and Sonnia lands a job there.
Now, she can see Ricochet every day and earn enough money to buy
him in no time--all while helping her family with her new wages!
She even joins the junior racing cadre to train to become a jockey.
But then she uncovers their secret pastime: competing in the Night
Ride, a dangerous and highly illegal race in the darkest hours
before dawn. Every race puts the horses at risk. Sonnia wants to
protect the horses she's grown to care for, but she's only a kid
from the poor side of town--considered expendable, just like the
horses. If she just keeps her head down, soon she can buy Ricochet
and get him out of there--and keep supporting her family. But would
she be able to live with herself?
With his older brother gone to fight in the Great War and his
father prone to sudden rages, fourteen-year-old Stanley devotes
himself to taking care of the family's greyhound and puppies. Until
the morning Stanley wakes to find the puppies gone. Determined to
find his brother, Stanley runs away to join an increasingly
desperate army. Assigned to the experimental War Dog School,
Stanley is given a problematic Great Dane named Bones to train.
Against all odds, the pair excels, and Stanley is sent to France.
But in "Soldier Dog" by Sam Angus, the war in France is larger and
more brutal than Stanley ever imagined. How can one young boy
survive and find his brother with only a dog to help?
A Sequel to Swiss Family Robinson from the author of Heidi
The work known as the "Swiss Family Robinson" has long enjoyed a
well-merited popularity, and has been perused by a multitude of
readers, young and old, with profit as well as pleasure. A Swiss
clergyman resolved to better his fortune by emigration. He embarked
with his wife and four sons -- the latter ranging from eight to
fifteen years of age -- for one of the newly-discovered islands in
the Pacific Ocean. Along the coast of New Guinea they encountered a
violent storm arose, and finally cast it a wreck upon an unknown
coast. The present volume is virtually a continuation of this
narrative. The careers of the four sons -- Frank, Ernest, Fritz,
and Jack -- are taken up where the preceding chronicler left them
off. . . .
More than anything, young Blaze wants to be a man of his Sinagua
tribe. He dreams of being a great hunter and warrior. But his
people of the Great Cliff are a peaceful farming tribe and believe
that learning the skills of war will anger the gods and worsen the
drought that already threatens all the peoples of the desert. And
then, on his first great journey, Blazed discovers the great
Hohokam people and their game of guayball, a brutal and exciting
sport played by both boys and men. Drawn to that culture which
respects fighters above all others, Blaze must decide where his
true spirit lies. Enjoy the excitement, passion and danger of the
final days of America's great cliff dwellings. In a world
threatened by drought and war, one boy strives to grow up, and do
the right thing for himself and his people.
In the fall of 1357, a Flemish weaver travels around the
countryside in England, at the request of the king, seeking
apprentices to learn his trade. During this time, however, many
Englishmen prefer the easy wealth gained from war and pillaging to
learning to work diligently with their hands. Along the way the
weaver meets a prosperous wool merchant with two sons-big, strong,
sixteen-year-old Roger and small, crippled, thirteen-year-old Tom.
The merchant is eager to advance his elder son but the weaver feels
drawn to the intelligence of young Tom who is seen only as a burden
and a curse. When Roger suddenly disappears one evening, the weaver
sees his opportunity to help Tom, but Tom's father is not at all
sure he should agree to the weaver's startling plan. Through many
unexpected events, Tom must learn how even a crippled boy can serve
God and be a true help to his family and his country.
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