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Dottie Blanket and the Hilltop

Author : Wendy Meddour

Publisher : Firefly Press

Page : 83 pages

File Size : 28,81 MB

Release : 2014-10-16

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1910080136

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It's not easy when you come from Somewhere Else. Especially when you smell of trains and fish. When Mr Blanket lost his job in the city and couldn't find it again,it seemed like things would never get better. 'I wish,' said Dottie, closing her eyes and trying her hardest not to wobble, 'that I lived on a bright green hilltop!' Suddenly, her wish comes true! Mr Blanket gets a new job in The Middle of Nowhere. Dottie soon finds that The Hilltop is the Middle of Somewhere as she gets to meet Winnie Crisp, Tom Tractor, Blod Evans, the Rowland twins and the Fidgets. And on the Hilltop she doesn't need wishes, because the magic happens on its own.



White Petals

Author : Maria Grace

Publisher : Firefly Press

Page : 267 pages

File Size : 40,33 MB

Release : 2015-06-11

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 191008025X

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Emmeline's life falls apart when her mother is sectioned and she has to live in a care home, away from her sister. With only her lucky cardigan for comfort, she has to find her way, making new friends, bullied in school and haunted by a dream of white petals. Has she inherited her grandmother's second sight or her mother's delusions. Why does Stacey hate her so much. As everything changes, who can she really rely on?



Has Anyone Seen Archie Ebbs?

Author : Simon Packham

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 46,88 MB

Release : 2022-04

Category : Friendship

ISBN : 9781913102722

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Archie Ebbs has the perfect life. Good friends, a nice home and classmates who laugh at (nearly) all his jokes. But everything is about to change. As his family faces upheaval, he will have to leave behind all that he knows and loves. And soon Archie has other worries... Is he really starting to become invisible?



The Opposite Bastard

Author : Simon Packham

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 276 pages

File Size : 47,42 MB

Release : 2011-02-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0230738532

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Forced to take employment as live-in carer for a genius quadriplegic undergraduate, failed actor Timothy Salt is not optimistic. His charge, Michael Owen, is only at Oxford to please his devoted mum. When ersatz aristo Phillip Sydney offers the leading role in his student production of Hamlet to Michael, Timothy’s humiliation seems complete. Meanwhile, fellow student thespian Anna Jenkins, deciding that Phillip is the ‘perfect gentleman’ who Mummy so wants her to find, accepts the part of Ophelia. Then TV producer Nikki Hardbody (Kids with Cancer and Pepé: The Boy with No Nose) arrives to immortalise Michael in her latest documentary, and Timothy realizes that the only way he can salvage any self-respect is by sabotaging the production of Hamlet. Michael, meanwhile, is horrified to find himself falling for Anna. As rehearsals progress, Anna discovers that her perfect partner isn’t Phillip Sydney after all. No one is more delighted than cynical Nikki Hardbody. The Opposite Bastard is a dark comedy of manners. An uproarious and moving commentary on love, disability, dignity, political correctness and media opportunism, it is a strikingly original and provocative debut.



When the Dust Settles

Author : Lucy Easthope

Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 40,57 MB

Release : 2022-03-31

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1529358264

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TELEGRAPH AND THE NEW STATESMAN "A marvellous book" Rev Richard Coles "Gripping... filled with compassion." Sunday Times "Remarkable... hopeful and uplifting." Mail on Sunday "An antidote to despair" Daily Mirror "Enthralling... vivid and humane" Observer "Exemplary" New Statesman When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, Lucy Easthope's phone starts to ring. Lucy is a world-leading authority on recovering from disaster. She holds governments to account, supports survivors and helps communities to rebuild. She has been at the centre of the most seismic events of the last few decades, advising on everything from the 2004 tsunami and the 7/7 bombings to the Grenfell fire and the war in Ukraine. Lucy's job is to pick up the pieces and get us ready for what comes next. Lucy takes us behind the police tape to scenes of chaos, and into government briefing rooms where confusion can reign. She also looks back at the many losses and loves of her life and career, and tells us how we can all build back after disaster. When the Dust Settles lifts us up, showing that humanity, hope and humour can - and must - be found on the darkest days.



Comin 2 Gt U

Author : Simon Packham

Publisher : Piccadilly Books

Page : 185 pages

File Size : 14,22 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Internet games

ISBN : 9781848120952

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SCHOOL STORIES. An absorbing and fast-paced thriller. Sam Tennant has been brutally murdered in an online computer game. What's worse, it looks like his killers are out to get him in real life too. 'The Emperor' and 'Ollyg78' say they know him from school, and soon turn his classmates against him with their vindictive website. With his father away, his mother preoccupied with a particularly difficult work case, and his dying granddad absorbed in some dark, wartime secrets of his own, Sam's only support comes from terminally shy Abby and Stephen the class nerd. As the threats become more sinister, Sam faces a desperate struggle to identify his persecutors before things really get deadly. Ages 10+.



Silenced

Author : Simon Packham

Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

Page : 140 pages

File Size : 48,79 MB

Release : 2012-01-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 184812211X

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'At first I thought there were technical problems - something wrong with the sound system - because when I opened my mouth I couldn't hear a thing. But it was more serious than that . . . I was completely dumb.' Chris loses the power of speech completely when his best friend dies in a car crash. Why? What terrible secret is he hiding? And can he find his voice before it's too late? Thought-provoking and original, this is a powerful thriller by a talented author.



The Stud Book

Author : Monica Drake

Publisher : Hogarth Press

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 12,37 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Families

ISBN : 0307955524

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Well-versed in the mating habits of captive animals, Sarah, who studies animal behavior at the zoo, longs to have a baby, while her loyal friends, each dealing with their own parenting issues, discover that the families they forge through shared experience are as important as those inherited through birth.



Best Book Day Ever!(So Far)

Author : Liz Pichon

Publisher :

Page : 83 pages

File Size : 41,25 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Children's costumes

ISBN : 9781407136813

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This is crammed with Tom's stories and doodles. "It's BOOK WEEK in Oakfield school and EVERYONE is very excited. Including all the teachers, who are making costumes of their own. Mr Keen says there's an EXCELLENT prize on offer for BEST costumes worn on BOOK DAY. So suddenly making a good costume is VITALLY important, but tricky and Delia's not much help (as usual). Then Marcus decides that HE is a super hero and can't understand why 'Super Marcus' isn't the best name."



Only We Know

Author : Simon Packham

Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

Page : 175 pages

File Size : 41,77 MB

Release : 2015-06-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1848124287

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What is the secret of Lauren's past? Lauren's family have moved house very suddenly, and she and her sister Tilda have to go to a new school. Lauren's determined to reinvent herself, but she's panic-stricken when she sees Harry, who she knew a few years ago. Luckily Harry doesn't recognise her, and she knows she has to make sure it stays like that. Lauren, unlike Tilda, settles in well. She makes friends, is helping to organise the school fashion show, and has boys asking her out. But just as her life finally seems to be looking up she starts receiving macabre packages. When she gets a message: 'Isn't it time your new friends knew all about you?' she has to admit that someone knows her secret. But who - and what should she do?