The Ghost of Raven Hill / the Sorcerer's Apprentice


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Presents two novels involving the gang of Raven Hill, who try to help out in the neighborhood and end up solving mysteries.




The Ghost of Raven Hill


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Involves the kids of the Raven Hill Gang as they encounter mystery and ghosts in their home town.




Deep Secrets


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Elmo and his friends investigate when Aunt Vivien mysteriously disappears from her old house known as Mistfall Mansion.




Beware the Gingerbread House


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Another crime-busting adventure from the internationally bestselling author of Deltora Quest! Sunny has always been terrified of the Gingerbread House, a peculiar pastry shop with a giant cage for trapping naughty children. Now she's been asked to lend the place a helping hand! The rest of the Help-for-Hire crew quickly agrees with Sunny, as soon as they discover a not-so-sweet surprise: Somebody's putting dead things in the tasty treats. And the team's fractured fairy tale is only just beginning. . . . Sunny and her friends have to act fast. Nobody wants the Gingerbread House to crumble - not if Help-for-Hire will take the blame.




The Whole Story


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This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.




The Publishers Weekly


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School Library Journal


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Australian Children's Books: 1989-2000


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All Australian children's books published from 1989 to 2000 are listed in this essential reference for those who appreciate the richness of Australian writing for children. Following the same format as volumes 1 and 2 in this series chronicling books published as early as 1774, entries include publishing details, the number of illustrations, and the awards received for each book. This third volume follows the continuing careers of authors such as Mem Fox, Bob Graham, Robin Klein, and Paul Jennings, and traces changes in the popularity of Australian themes and settings to identify publishing trends. Varied cultural aspects of modern-day life are shown, from globalization, commercialism, and the rise of the middle class in Asia to desktop publishing, outcome-based school curricula, and the modern obsession with celebrities all of which are reflected in the type and quantity of books produced by Australian writers and publishers. The wealth of included material will extend researchers' understanding of the range of Australian children's books. "