How can a fairy's blessing be such a curse?
At her birth, Ella of Frell was given a foolish fairy's gift—the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order given to her,...
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Afghanistan: Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own. Parvana, ...
Это была темная и бурная ночь. На крыльях этой штормовой ночи в дом семейства Мурри явились странные гости. Они увлекают Мэг, ее брата Чарльза Уоллеса и их друга Кельвина ...
It is the summer of 1940, and all of England fears an invasion by Hitler’s army. Norah lies in bed listening to the anxious voices of her parents downstairs. Then Norah is...
Eleven-year-old Marty Preston loves to spend time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia. Sometimes he takes his .22 rifle to see what he can shoot, ...
The Incredible Journey, by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder, which tells the story of three pets as they travel 300 miles (4...
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere she wants to run to somewhere--to a place that is comfortable, bea...
Имя американской писательницы Кэтрин Патерсон широко известно за пределами Соединенных Штатов. Её литературное мастерство было отмечено огромным количеством международных ...
Roald Dahls bestselling autobiography is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days. With fabulous new line drawings by Quentin Blake. An autobiograph...
Beneath the kitchen floor is the world of the Borrowers -- Pod and Homily Clock and their daughter, Arrietty. In their tiny home, matchboxes double as roomy dressers and p...
Award-winning author Sid Fleischman blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel, winner of the Newbery Medal.
A Prince and a Pauper ....
Farmer Hoggett thinks the piglet he wins at the fair is just one to be fattened up for the freezer until his old sheepdog, Fly, takes Babe under her wing and starts to tra...
This Newbery Medal-winning book and children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and ...
Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb diseas...
Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s e...
As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals he...
Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien.
Mrs. Frisby, a wid...
Нарния - край, скованный вечной зимой, ждет освобождения. Четверо отважных ребят открывают дверцу платяного шкафа и оказываются в Нарнии, которая стонет под властью Белой ...
В повести рассказана история мальчика-подростка Ли Боттса, который переписывается с автором детских книжек мистером Хеншоу. В будущем Ли мечтает купить печатную машинку и ...
1832 - a period of English History that never happened. Good King James III is on the throne and the country is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-ope...