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“The Free Rangers, a Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi” is a 1909 historical novel written by Joseph A. Altsheler. The fifth novel in the “The Young Trailers Series”, this exciting adventure romp in the American Old West is highly recommended for children with an interest in history...

Dee lives for parkour, and the alternate worlds he invents to escape his mundane life. He knows the city better than anyone-the hidden spaces at night, the views that no one else sees, from heights no one else can scale,. With parkour, he's not running away. He's free But just because you're...

Winner of the Guardian Children Fiction's Prize 2016 Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2017 Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries - and life for McKay has been even tougher since his mum died. His dad has been working all hours to keep the bailiffs from their door. His...

A well researched and endearing non-fiction account of an amazing Airedale who captured public imagination throughout New Zealand during the Great Depression, and who is today honoured in Wellington by a statue celebrating his status as a much-loved local legend. Like Scotland's Greyfriar's Bobby,...

AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant readers. Log on to www.av2books.com, and enter the unique...

"Annette Oppenlander has a genuine flair for original and compelling storytelling...will keep the readers rapt attention from cover to cover. Unfailingly entertaining from beginning to end, "At Witches' End" is unreservedly recommended." –Midwest Book Review "...guaranteed...

A Band of Angels is fiction, but it is based on real events and people. The character of Ella was inspired by Ella Sheppard Moore, who was born February 4, 1851, in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father was able to free himself and young Ella from slavery, but before he could buy freedom for Ella’s mother...

Land Over Time by June A. Reynolds   Land Over Time is the sequel to the book Something In the Sky, and continues the story of sophomore Lyle Kent who comes back to Oregon to help his family survive. During his ramblings through the countryside, he discovers a strange...

Friends Forever: They Mystery Tour is the third book in this wonderful series of friendship stories from Ireland's best-selling author for 8-12 year old girls, Judi Curtin. Blackouts, gas masks and rationing - the truest friendships are made in the hardest times . . . Hi, this is Lauren...

Winner of the Adelaide Festival Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction, 2012. Over the nine days before her seventeenth birthday, Mim's life turns upside down. In the end, the same things look entirely different. Rule number one: I will not turn out like my mother. Mim knows what...

Life is hard for Jess. School should be a safe place but at the moment it's everything Jess dreads, and it's made even more difficult by the threatening presence of Kez. Kez lives in a nicer part of town but her life isn't any sweeter. The only place she finds comfort is knowing she is better off than Jess - or so she thinks.

Charming new fiction series for fans of Princess Evie's Ponies In Willow and the Forest Fairies, Evie is worried about making friends as she joins a new class at school. But her mind is soon put to rest with the help of her magic pony Willow, and her forest fairy friends. Praise for...

A magical short story from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written and illustrated by two great Irish talents in children’s fiction today Cass and her family have moved to Galway because of her dad’s job and Cass is devastated – she misses her old friends and school, and hates living in a...

Meet Pippa Morgan, a small girl with a BIG imagination, and read her hilarious diary, packed with doodle illustrations. Pippa has a new hobby ... Ghost Hunting! Luckily, the school trip proves the perfect opportunity to hunt some out. Will ill Pippa come face-to-face with a ghost? Read her super-spooky(ish) diary to find out..