Leigh, a sixth grade boy, writes letters to Mr. Henshaw, his favourite author. He begins writing because of a school assignment. Mr. Henshaw writes back and his surprising answers to Leigh's...
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Author: Cleary, BeverlySummary:Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Coffey, B. R.Summary:
Decade : a selection of contemporary Western Australian short fiction. Twenty one writers.
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Author: Jordan, PennySummary:
Saffron's holiday in Italy with her father turns into a nightmare when she is kidnapped. To add to her ordeal, Saffron actually finds herself falling in love with Nico, who had posed as her...
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Author: Gordon, RichardSummary:
Dr. Grimsdyke lands a job as ship's doctor on a passenger liner on which his current beloved is also travelling.
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Author: HIGGINS, JackSummary:
In 1982, British spymaster Ferguson learns from a Soviet defector that there is a special KGB agent at work in Ireland. Could this deep-cover agent, code-named `Cuchalain', be the ruthless...
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Author: Bedson, JackSummary:
Jack and his sisters go to the beach with the Ferguson family. Jack has a wonderful day of swimming and marching in a surf carnival, but by the end of the day he is feeling rather sore and sorry...
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Author: Atwood, MargaretSummary:Marion is determinedly ordinary. She likes her work, her broody flat-mate and sober fiance Peter. But she reckons without an inner self that wants something more. A subtle and penetrating...
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Author: Barber, AntoniaSummary:
In the cold white land at the top of the world there lived an enchanter and his daughter. So great was his power that, even amid the frozen wastes, the gardens had perfumed flowers and singing...
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Author: Klein, RobinSummary:
Mary-Anna Clutterworth and Sandra Sutton are bitter enemies, until they have to spend an afternoon in town together and get lost.
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Author: Morgan, AlisonSummary:
In the terrible days that follow the Assyrian attack on the Jewish people, Benjamin, grandson of the prophet Isaiah, sets off with other refugees including Adad, a young blind soldier. Were Isaiah...
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Author: DU MAURIER, DaphneSummary:
An innocent girl comes to stay at Jamaica Inn and is caught up in the nightmare world of cutthroats, smugglers and the misty moors at night.
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Author: VAN ALLSBURG, ChrisSummary:A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Hugo, RichardSummary:
Something terrible has happened at the Soviet nuclear plant at Sokolskoye. To avoid absolute catastrophe, Western technology is needed, but not sanctioned. A group of desperate people join forces...
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Author: Pausacker, JennySummary:
Kieran borrows his Gran's anti-boredom machine. All of a sudden he can "fast forward" his own life when he gets impatient. After a while Kieran finds he is heading into trouble and...
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Author: Cookson, CatherineSummary:Life in the fifteen streets was tough, a struggle for survival, but John fought grimly for the world they were rarely allowed to glimpse.
Genre: Historical fiction