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Author
Series
Running out of time volume 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
Author
Language
English
Description
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives.
Author
Series
A pinch of magic volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It should have been a fresh start for the Widdershins, finally free from the misty gloom of Crowstone and beginning a new life. But all is not as it seems in their postcard-pretty village ... The Widdershins sisters have their own secret: a set of enchanted nesting dolls with the power to render their user invisible. The sisters must use their wits--and their magic--if they're to break the dark hold over the village, and save one of their own ......
Author
Series
The Borrowers volume 3
Language
English
Description
The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home. Sequel to "The Borrowers Afield."
Author
Series
The Borrowers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The further adventures of the family of miniature people who, after losing their home under the kitchen floor of an old English house, are forced to move out to the fields.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita takes on the impossible task of traveling to the legendary Mount Isa, towering on an island to the north. Generations of men and boys have died on the same quest--how can a timid young girl in a tiny boat survive the epic tests of the archipelago?"--
Author
Series
The Borrowers volume 4
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The Borrowers, a family of tiny people, are kidnapped from their home in Little Fordham and held captive in an attic. Includes a bonus story about the time Poor Stainless, one of the Knife Machine Boys, was lost.
Author
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world. This novel is about a strong young woman in medieval England who finds her own way home. This is a world, like Chaucer's, that's - dangerous, primitive and raucous. From the first page you're caught by the spirit...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The author describes his close relationship to two water buffalo that were part of his family when he was growing up in a village in the central highlands of Vietnam.
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