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The Friar of Carcassonne
Our modern sensibilities are frequently so offended by the attitudes of previous centuries that we minimize the importance of standing…
Life: An Exploded Diagram
Life: An Exploded Diagram is an ambitious novel about the effects of war on three generations in the bleak countryside…
Battle Fatigue
Growing up in the years following World War II, Joel and his friends hear the stories of fathers and uncles…
Haunting Violet
Violet Willoughby is the 16-year-old daughter of a medium in late Victorian England in the 1870s. Violet is a girl…
Me & Jack
New town, new school – 11-year-old Joshua Reed has seen it all before. His dad is a recruiter for the…
Catherine of Aragon, Henry’s Spanish Queen
This major biography adds a refreshing new focus by using extensive material from Spanish sources. The picture that emerges of…
The Midnight Zoo
In an unnamed East European country, during World War II, two young Roma brothers wander through a devastated landscape, looking…
The Grave Robber’s Secret
In 1800s Philadelphia, Robby Hare is a sensitive and intelligent twelve-year-old boy whose mother runs a boarding house. His ne’er-do-well…
Greek Myths
Fresh take on some of the most important Greek myths, illustrated in a very modern way in tones of grey…
Archie’s War
1914. Archie Albright lives with his family in London’s East End. He loves comics and is thrilled when he is…
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