Although Ivy and her family welcome the Halibuts, not all the townspeople are pleased to have circus people as neighbours, especially when more circus families move in.
Children's Fiction
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Author:HORVATH, PollySummary: -
Author:Mahy, MargaretSummary:Barney, a very shy and imaginative boy, receives supernatural messages and pictures he is afraid to tell anyone about. He eventually learns that he has inherited an ability that may be considered either a rare gift or a despised curse...
- Author:COWLEY, JoySummary:
The pirate Griselda is mean and nasty. She is so mean that the Mayor of Crossbones has devised an evil plan to hold the annual pirates' treasure hunt a month early while she is still sailing the high seas. Griselda has got wind of...
- Author:FINE, AnneSummary:
Ellie is horrified when Tuffy keeps dragging dead creatures into the house. Tuffy can't understand what the fuss is about. Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her pet to change his wild, wild ways? The hilarious antics of Tuffy...
- Author:Armstrong, William H.Summary:
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
- Author:FORD, VinceSummary:
Connor's cousin is making big money trapping possums, so Davin and the gang set up a possum-trapping base at Camp Isolation. Unfortunately, a poisoning programme, a rogue storm, rising rivers and a possum-hugging greenie threaten...
- Author:CLARKIN, BrendanSummary:
Brett is off to school camp at last. When he hears how Pirate's Cove Camp got its name, he can't help wondering if any of the rumours are true. He and his friends start to investigate and soon become embroiled with ghosts,...
- Author:Mowat, FarleySummary:
The story of Wol and Weeps, two great horned owls, who turn a household upside down, outwit the wittiest of dogs and terrorize an entire neighborhood.
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Author:TAYLOR, WilliamSummary:Tricked by his horrid neighbour Alice, Charlie must submit to her experimental learning machine, which proves so successful that it almost backfires on Alice. Sequel to: Knitwits.
- Author:BEALE, FleurSummary:
When Lacey's family moves to the countryside she must leave her friends and the conveniences of the city and adjust to country life, living in a ramshackle house, going to a school with only boys in her class and playing rugby.
- Author:Fitzhugh, LouiseSummary:
Eleven-year-old Harriet, who is a spy, plans to be a writer and keeps a secret notebook filled with thoughts and observations on her schoolmates and other people. Her classmates find and read her notebook and retaliate.
- Author:NAGELKERKE, BillSummary:
Reuben thinks that his little brother Matt ruins everything, at home, at the mall, at the magic show. He's told him to get lost so often that when Matt does disappear a wave of fear grips Reuben.
- Author:Fine, AnneSummary:
Gerald Old Goggle-eyes is the new man in Kitty's mother's life. He is conservative and bossy and to make things worse, Kitty's little sister adores him!
- Author:BUNN, A. G.Summary:
Steve wants to run the Coast-to-Coast race at all costs, to push himself to the limit and beat the clock. Kel also wants to enter but is battling a life-threatening disease. Together they must use all their strength to face what the...
- Author:HUNTER, EirlysSummary:
Finn's father, Bill, has vanished. When Finn sees Bill on the computer screen being hauled away by soldiers, he tries to summon his father back to the real world, but he doesn't reappear. Bill is trapped in Coralia and Finn...
- Author:Fine, AnneSummary:
When Bill wakes up on Monday morning, he finds he is a girl! Forced off to school in a frilly pink dress. He discovers one of the worst days of his life is about to begin. Baffled by the way things are just so different for girls, he...
- Author:JONES, V. M.Summary:
Adam's much anticipated return to the Quested Court is overshadowed by the disappearance of Hannah, the young daughter of computer-games expert and creator of Karazan, Quentin Quested. Once more the five friends must face the...
- Author:Lingard, JoanSummary:
In Belfast Sadie and Kevin fall in love but their relationship is a dangerous one because they are from opposing religious sides in Northern Ireland's troubles.
- Author:FORD, VinceSummary:
A drought threatens to force Jeremy's family off their farm and everything he does seems to make matters worse. His family is starting to crack up as they struggle under forces that will influence the rest of their lives.
