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The Dolphin Crossing
Jill Paton Walsh - 1970
A small boat helps the evacuation from Dunkirk.
Pastures of the Blue Crane
H.F. Brinsmead - 1987
It's the home her father grew up in - the one her grandfather hasn't seen in decades. The decision to go out there and fix it up, with her difficult grandfather tagging along, is more a matter of contrariness than anything else. Making the property profitable again is a challenge Ryl rises to, and along the way she learns about herself and her family.
Viking's Dawn
Henry Treece - 1956
They come to grief on an island in the Hebrides.
See How They Run
David McRobbie - 1996
After moving around to several towns in the UK, the family finally emigrates to Australia, but trouble still follows them there.
The Otterbury Incident
Cecil Day-Lewis - 1948
My name is George, and I’m Ted’s second-in-command: Ted is is centre-forward of the Junior XI at King’s School in Otterbury and a first class chap. He’s the leader of our company, and the story began with our battle against Toppy’s company. We were so worked up in the excitement of victory that Nick Yates kicked a football through the big window of the classroom next to the Headmaster’s study.“Poor old Nick! When the Head said he’d have to pay for it he looked like a puppy with distemper: he’d no hope of raising £4 14s. 6d. in a week than of going to the moon. So we signed a Peace with Toppy’s company and planned Operation Glazier to get the money for Nick. And if you want to know how it worked, and what happened after it was over, you'd better get cracking on Chapter 1.”
Talking In Whispers
James Watson - 1983
Then Andres meets an American journalist who provides him with evidence that will be ‘more valuable than bullets’ against the oppressive military regime.An exciting and uncompromising political thriller, Talking in Whispers was awarded the German Buxtehuder Bulle, which celebrates outstanding teenage fiction dealing with human rights themes.
Tulku
Peter Dickinson - 1979
His father's Mission has been destroyed. His father is dead. Theodore is on his own, fleeing the Chinese rebels of the Boxer uprising.Then Mrs Jones appears. A botanist, Mrs Jones is a feisty, aging, good-hearted woman who has an amazing (and eye-opening) vocabulary and who adopts Theodore into her band of travellers. Fleeing bandits, the group enters Tibet, where they meet the old Lama who rules a monastery. But when the Lama says they have been drawn to him by destiny, and insists that Theodore, Mrs Jones, and her young Chinese courier Lung hold the clue to the birth of the long-awaited Tulku, or reincarnated spiritual master, there seems to be no escape...
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School
Frank Richards - 1947
This story is for children aged six to ninety plus.
Smith
Leon Garfield - 1967
Smith picks the pocket of a stranger, only to witness immediately the strangers murder. Smiths booty from the theft is an Important Document, no doubt worth quite a lot to somebody, which is proved by the pursuit of Smith by two very shady characters. Smith artfully dodges them and winds up in the odd company of a wealthy blind man, who takes Smith into his home and provides him with an education. But this new comfort is lost when Smith himself is suspected of the very murder he witnessed. Smith was a "Boston Globe--Horn Book" Honor Book, winner of the Phoenix Award, and a Carnegie Honor Book.
Redwork
Michael Bedard - 1990
It stands in the shadows...dark, crumbling, and forbidding. At night, smoke curls from beneath its doors, and an old man toils in secret.ROOM OF TERRORInside, something is moving...tongues of luminous color lap against the glass...coiling and curling...begging to be released.DEVIL'S WORKThe old man stands before his creation. Silently he tends the fires that feed it...waiting for the right moment to unleash its power upon the world.
Thunder and Lightnings
Jan Mark - 1976
Shortly after his family moves to the Norfolk countryside, Andrew is befriended by a local boy with a passion for airplanes.
Crisis on Conshelf Ten
Monica Hughes - 1975
While visiting Conshelf Ten, an underwater colony on Earth, a young Moon boy becomes involved with dissident Gillmen whose plans threaten the whole world.
The Teddy Robinson Storybook
Joan G. Robinson - 1997
The author was one of the most popular children's writers of her time.
Some of the Kinder Planets: Stories
Tim Wynne-Jones - 1995
A collection of nine stories by the popular Canadian author, including The Night of the Pomegranate, Save the Moon for Kerdy Dickus, and The Hope Bakery.
Marianne Dreams
Catherine Storr - 1958
That night she has an extraordinary dream. She is transported into her own picture, and as she explores further she soon realises she is not alone. The boy at the window is called Mark, and his every movement is guarded by the menacing stone watchers that surround the solitary house. Together, in their dreams, Marianne and Mark must save themselves...