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New York Orphan (Paperback)
Rosemary J. Kind; Cover design or artwork by Katie W. Stewart
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R510
Discovery Miles 5 100
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Kira has led a sheltered life, brought up by her widowed father,
whom she adores. When he is arrested and imprisoned for a murder he
allegedly committed 18 years before, she is devastated. So when she
overhears an ex-student of her father's planning to visit the
prison, Kira decides to go, too. However, the student - Arun - is
not who she thinks he is, and she soon learns that her father has
not always been the man of integrity she has known for fifteen
years. Caught in a rebellion against the Lord High Councillor who
would return the country to Wizard Rule, Kira finds that there is
one more lesson she has to learn - about herself. Success depends
on her, but is she willing to make the sacrifice it will require? A
book for Young Adults, but suitable for all ages.
Rufus Sebbleford and his friends are looking forward to a school
trip to the Mr Splendiferous Science Park unaware that the mad
scientist is keeping a dangerous troll locked up in the grounds.
The scientist's obsession with trolls causes further problems for
the Super-Troll-Knobbly-Foot family who are trying desperately to
pass as humans. Meanwhile, the stinky trolls of Gloopyglen
Babblebrook begin digging a tunnel under the science park in search
of a new bigger cave for their expanding bellies. Before long, the
children find themselves trapped as the park becomes swamped with
revolting trolls. Rufus, Bruno and Polly must come up with a plan
before their classmates become troll food. A slimy, smelly,
sausage-slinging adventure packed with mischief, troll traps and a
really reckless wacky scientist.
'Brilliant - Kids will laugh themselves silly' - The Independent.
Rufus Sebbleford is the only boy in the world to have ever seen a
real troll. So, when he finds out that trolls plan to attack
Sludgeside School, he must stop them with the help of his good
friend Polly. Meanwhile, the Super-Troll-Knobbly-Foot family decide
to turn their backs on smelly bottoms and eating children. They
don't want to be bad any more. So, they paint themselves orange and
try to live like humans. However, being enormous, horned and slimy
makes it difficult to blend in. Will Sludgeside ever be safe from
the disgusting bad trolls and their horrifying leader, The Ogre of
Uggle? A stinky, squelchy adventure packed with secret dens, tree
climbing, troll traps and lots and lots of revolting smells.
Reading age 8-10. Ideal to read aloud to younger children.
Book 3 in the Smelly Trolls series. Brawnulator Powerknees picks
other people's noses, smells like mutated tuna and eats small
children. He is the strongest, fastest, most desirable man on the
planet - to a troll. When Rufus and his friends go on a skiing
holiday to the Craggle Alps, they have no idea that the Winter
Trollympics - the biggest sporting event of the troll calendar - is
taking place nearby. Sporting a wide variety of dangerous athletes,
including Brawnulator, the Winter Trollympics is a hazardous place
for children to be. But an avalanche blocks the railway line,
leaving Rufus and his friends stranded amongst the hungry beasts. A
slippery, icy adventure packed with hideous trolls, winter sports
and lots and lots of snotacular calamities.
A Treespeaker is one with his forest, moving with its spirit,
inseparably bound to it. Terrifying visions warn Jakan that a
visitor to his tribe is not who he claims to be. As the villagers
fall under the spell of the stranger's mind-bending sorcery, Jakan
grows desperate to be rid of him. Events take a sinister turn when
he accuses the stranger of sacrilege - and it is Jakan, not the
outsider, who is expelled from the forest. Join Jakan on his
perilous journey across a blighted land as he searches for the
secret that will save his people - and himself. "Treespeaker is an
intricately woven book that reads like an old oral history. It
flows beautifully; with the story so deeply rooted in nature, the
writing seemed to take on a life of its own and bloom in its own
right." Sift Book Reviews
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