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Twelve-year-old Bone uses her Gift, which allows her to see the
stories in everyday objects, to try to figure out why her best
friend, Will Kincaid, suddenly lost his voice at age five. This
supernatural historical mystery is the second title in the
acclaimed and emotionally resonant Ghosts of Ordinary Objects
series. In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in October 1942,
Bone Phillips is learning to control her Gift: Bone can see the
history of a significant object when she touches it. When her best
friend, Will Kincaid, asks Bone to "read" the history of his
daddy's jelly jar--the jelly jar that was buried alongside his
father during the mine cave-in that killed him--Bone is afraid.
Even before Bone touches it, she can feel that the jar has its own
strange power. With her mother dead, her father gone to war, and
Aunt Mattie's assault looming over Bone, she can't bear the idea of
losing Will too. As Will's obsession with the jelly jar becomes
dangerous, Bone struggles to understand the truth behind the jar
and save him Featuring a beautiful, compelling voice, this novel
weaves a story of mystery, family, and ultimately, love.
When America's first astronauts launched into outer space, Tony
Jenzano helped them learn to navigate by the stars. As the leader
of a big planetarium in a small town, Tony was the man who made the
stars shine. Without Tony, NASA's first space travelers would have
been lost in space.
Summer 1940. As the cuckoo sings out across the Lake District, life
is about to change for ever for local boy Tommy and his friend
Sally, the mysterious evacuee girl who lives on the neighbouring
farm. When they find a wounded Nazi airman in the woods, Sally
persuades Tommy not to report it but to keep the German hidden.
This starts a chain of events that leads to the uncovering of
secrets about Sally's past and a summer of adventure that neither
child will ever forget.
Hannah thinks Passover Seder will be the same as always. Little
does she know that this year she will be mysteriously transported
into the past where only she knows the horrors that await. Now
repackaged with a new sophisticated look.
A Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick! INSTANT NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER! 'Dana Schwartz is one of the brightest of the next
generation of young writers' NEIL GAIMAN A gothic tale full of
mystery and romance . . . Edinburgh, 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a lady
who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer
is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where
it's too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter
outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of
it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr.
Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that
her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought.
Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the
medical examination on her own, Beecham will allow her to continue
her medical career. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will
need more than just her books - she'll need corpses to study. Lucky
that she's made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a
living. But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen
skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the
streets, and the dreaded Roman Fever, which wiped out thousands a
few years ago, is back with a vengeance. Nobody important cares -
until Hazel. Now, Hazel and Jack must work together to uncover the
secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart
of Edinburgh society. Praise for Anatomy: 'Lionhearted heroine
you'll root for from page one? Check. Dark academia vibes? Check.
Cheeky romantic banter that will make you blush? Check, check and
CHECK. Read this gripping, ridiculously clever tale only if you're
fully prepared to be haunted by its revelations about life and
death while also swooning at the idea of flirting with someone in
an open grave' Emma Lord, New York Times bestselling author of You
Have a Match and Tweet Cute 'A fast-paced, utterly engrossing tale
of mystery, romance, and cadavers...I grinned, I gasped, I cried
and ended this book breathless and craving more' Alwyn Hamilton,
New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel of the Sands series
'Diabolically delightful. A love story, a murder mystery, and a
horror novel bound up together in ghoulish stitches' Maureen
Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of the Truly Devious
trilogy 'Schwartz's magical novel is at once gripping and tender,
and the intricate plot is engrossing as the reader tries to solve
the mystery' Booklist (starred review)
Avery is a little curious child who simply loves history! Follow
him along time and space to learn everything about the Ancient
Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and Aztecs! Every title is an adventure
in history bringing together fiction and nonfiction: follow the
"fictional" story of Avery and his friends and learn history with
the special in- depth spreads. Each volume is a great adventure
that's just about to begin! A new special format bringing together
fiction (with the fun adventures of Avery) and non-fiction spreads
focusing on the main assets of the cultures of each historical
period.
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Anglo-Saxon Boy
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Tony Bradman; Illustrated by Sam Hart
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An action-packed Anglo-Saxon tale of one boy's journey to the
Battle of Hastings in 1066. The story of one Anglo-Saxon boy's
journey to the Battle of Hastings in 1066: Key Stage 2 History
brought to life as battle-packed adventure. 1065: Magnus is the son
of Harold Godwinson, lord of the Southern Saxons and ruthlessly
ambitious claimant to the throne of England. Overnight, Magnus
finds himself cast centre-stage in the blood-soaked family feud
that led to one of history's most famous battles. This is the
family tragedy behind 1066: live it with Magnus, as the wolves of
history close in on his Anglo-Saxon boyhood.
Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, the English lord bent upon forcing the Irish from their land so he can tumble the cottages and clear the fields for grazing. Times are never easy on Maidin Bay, but this year, a terrible blight attacks the potatoes. No crop means starvation. Twelve-year-old Nory must summon the courage and ingenuity to find food, to find hope, to find a way to help her family survive.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Winnie's Great War
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Lindsay Mattick, Josh Greenhut; Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
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The Hatmakers
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Tamzin Merchant; Illustrated by Paola Escobar
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Enter a spellbinding world in this soaring magical adventure,
perfect for fans of Nevermoor, A Pinch of Magic and Rooftoppers.
'Wildly inventive . . . full of laugh-out-loud humour, enchanting
magic and rebellious hope. I loved it' Catherine Doyle 'Imaginative
. . . entertaining, comical and breezy, and the settings are
conjured in transporting detail' The Times Cordelia comes from a
long line of magical milliners, who weave alchemy and enchantment
into every hat. In Cordelia's world, Making - crafting items such
as hats, cloaks, watches, boots and gloves from magical ingredients
- is a rare and ancient skill, and only a few special Maker
families remain. When Cordelia's father Prospero and his ship, the
Jolly Bonnet, are lost at sea during a mission to collect hat
ingredients, Cordelia is determined to find him. But Uncle Tiberius
and Aunt Ariadne have no time to help the littlest Hatmaker, for an
ancient rivalry between the Maker families is threatening to
surface. Worse, someone seems to be using Maker magic to start a
war. It's up to Cordelia to find out who, and why . . . Featuring
gorgeous black-and-white illustrations throughout by Paola Escobar.
'An utterly charming adventure full of wildness, wit, magic and
heart' Anna James 'Absolutely wonderful' Emma Carroll 'A cosy
magical adventure peppered with charming detail' The Bookseller
Adventure thriller set in Renaissance Italy starring Leonardo da
Vinci as a young apprentice who witnesses a murder and becomes
involved in a plot to take over the city. LEONARDO AND THE DEATH
MACHINE is first and foremost a thriller, set against the
background of Renaissance Italy. However, the Leonardo of the title
is in fact Leonardo da Vinci. This is a totally fictional
adventure, but it COULD have happened. When we first meet Leonardo
we find him apprenticed to a successful artist in Florence. But
although he yearns to be a great artist himself, he's rather
disillusioned with his apprenticeship, which has made him more of
an errand boy than an art student. Then, when an impromptu street
football match ends in an arm injury for his friend Sandro (whom
history will know as Botticelli), Leonardo leaps at the opportunity
to help out the unfortunate painter who has been commissioned to
paint a portrait for the rich Medici family. Little does our young
hero know that soon he will be dragged into murder and intrigue,
and will be fleeing for his life!
To hell, then home again--one boy's story of the evacuation at
Dunkirk during World War II "We're nearer hell than home now
Charlie," the great man said, as we looked to the huge pillars of
smoke, that spiraled above the beaches. We were there to save the
soldiers; little did I know that soon I would need rescuing myself
from the Demons of Dunkirk. Charlie's mother and father work at a
Spitfire factory in the fishing port of Hamble. After a run-in with
a brutal instructor on the naval training ship Mercury, the
teenager finds himself on the run from the British navy. His father
hooks him up with William--the Captain of a fishing boat called the
White Feather. A few days later, the pair find themselves caught up
in the most heroic retreat of World War II--the Dunkirk evacuation.
A swashbuckling thriller, part three of THE HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES,
set on the oceans at the turn of the nineteenth century - drama,
horror, adventure... "There's pirates in the West Indies.
Cannibals. They cook you alive. They shrink your head to the size
of a walnut," says Mr Spencer to his son. These words will haunt
sixteen-year-old John Spencer as he embarks on his first voyage to
foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his
Dragon crew set off from London for waters few of them have sailed
before. When they come upon a lifeboat adrift at sea, some are wary
of the sailor aboard. His name is Horn, and something about this
imposing and mysterious sailor isn't right. He carries a chest full
of clinking glass, and his story doesn't quite make sense. Still,
John respects the stranger's awe-inspiring seamanship. With Horn on
deck, both John and the ship's captain believe the Dragon is in the
best of hands. But is Horn to be trusted? The answers become more
and more complicated as the Dragon encounters a very real - and
very dangerous - pirate ship. Now John starts to believe his
father's warnings, especially after he becomes separated from his
shipmates and is stranded on an island reputed to conceal buried
treasure. A place teeming with buccaneers... Brimming with furious
high-seas adventure, this companion to The Wreckers and The
Smugglers concludes with a bloodcurdling tale of pirates - and a
surprise ending...
'[Selznick is] a postmodern hero of middle-grade children's
fiction... Those who revel in puzzles, philosophical conundrums and
musings on transience, time and grief will adore this challenging
read' The Times 'The most perfect feat of storytelling' Scott
Evans, The Reader Teacher 'It has touched me in a way I can't
express... Breath-taking' Ceridwen Eccles, primary teacher and
blogger at Teacher Glitter A ship. A garden. A library. In
Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of
two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and
dreams. At the centre of their relationship is a mystery about the
nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader.
Kaleidoscope is a feat of storytelling that illuminates how even
the wildest tales can help us in the hardest times. Brian
Selznick's first book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, was the winner
of the esteemed Caldecott Medal, the first novel to do so, as the
Caldecott Medal is for picture books Released as a live-action film
Hugo in 2011, directed by Martin Scorsase and starring Asa
Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard
Griffiths, Ray Winstone, and Christopher Lee. Brian Selznick's
second book, Wonderstruck, was also made into a feature film,
starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! A powerful, unforgettable
graphic novel from the world of Wonder, by globally bestselling and
award-winning author R J Palacio. To the millions of readers who
fell in love with R J Palacio's Wonder, Julian is best-known as
Auggie Pullman's classroom bully. White Bird reveals a new side to
Julian's story, as Julian discovers the moving and powerful tale of
his grandmother, who was hidden from the Nazis as a young Jewish
girl in occupied France during the Second World War. An
unforgettable, unputdownable story about strength, courage and the
power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save
lives, from the globally bestselling author of Wonder.
It is 1799. John Spencer is fourteen when his father?s ship, the ill-fated Isle of Skye, is shipwrecked on the coast of Cornwall as she makes for her home port. John survives the disaster, but soon learns to his horror that the villagers are not rescuers but wreckers ? pirates who lure ships ashore in order to plunder their cargo? When John discovers that his father is alive but being held prisoner, he must try and rescue him ? without knowing who can be trusted to help.
Dorset, 1625: Alice knows she shouldn't be here. She has been
careful, watchful, deceitful even, to get to this point. But now
the time has come, her heart is pounding with the enormity of her
plan ... Alice Edwards is on her own and fighting for all that she
holds dear. In a time of deadly plague, hope lies in herbs and
remedies. But sickness is not the only danger. Who is the
mysterious child who has fallen under her care? And how can Alice
tell friend from foe when the shadow of a murder is haunting her
steps - and heartache awaits at every turn? A gripping and
authentic debut from a new voice in historical drama
Alva rushes through the trees in the dead of night with her sniffer
wolf, Fen. Being out alone when there's a kidnapper on the loose is
reckless, but if she ever wants to be an investigator like her
Uncle Magnus, she'll need to be first to the crime scene. But what
Alva discovers raises more questions than it answers, drawing her
into a dangerous search for truth, and for treasure.
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