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Anglo-Saxon boy
Magnus is the son of Harold Godwinson, lord of the Southern Saxons and ruthlessly ambitious claimant to the throne of England. Overnight, Magnus finds himself cast centre-stage in the blood-soaked family feud that led to one of history's most famous battles. This is the family tragedy behind 1066...
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Anne of Green Gables [eBook]
Set on the quaint island of Prince Edward Island, this heart-warming tale is about an aging brother and sister, Mathew and Marilla Cuthbert, who decide to adopt a boy to help with chores around their farm. As the result of a misunderstanding, the boy turns out to be none other than Anne...
The dark is rising sequence. Over sea, under stone
When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back: Three from the circle, three from the track: Wood, bronze, iron, water. fire stone: Five will return and one go alone. On Holiday in Cornwall, Simon, Jane and Barney Drew discover an ancient map in the attic of the Grey House, where they are s...
1844. do you dare? The last horse race
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Rose Rivers
Rose Rivers lives in a beautiful big London house with her artist father, querulous mother, six siblings and seven servants - and finds her life stifling. She loves to study and longs to go to boarding school like her twin brother, but Victorian young ladies are supposed to be content staying at ...
Meet Grace
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The secret diary of John Drawbridge. Medieval knight in training
John Drawbridge has moved to Widemoat Castle to learn to become a knight. And there is a LOT to learn...How to charge with a lance on horseback without falling off. Why the spiral staircases always go up in a clockwise direction. How to defend the castle against invading parties.
Gods and warriors
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Asterix the Gaul
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Where the world ends
In the summer of 1727, a group of men and boys are put ashore on a remote sea stac to harvest birds for food. No one returns to collect them. Why? Surely nothing but the end of theworld can explain why they have been abandoned.
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Infinity ring. [Book one]. A mutiny in time
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Secret Agent Mummy. The Cleopatra case
Cleopatra's tomb has never been found - until now. And you won't believe what's been hiding inside. Sam the Secret Agent Mummy must take on: a statue that bites; an undead empress with unfinished business; terrifying intergalactic lizard-men; an ancient plot that threatens all life on Earth...
Alistair Grim's Odditorium
Grubb, age twelve (or thereabouts), has never known anything beyond his miserable existence as a chimney sweep, paid only in insults and abuse by his cruel master. All of that changes the day he stows away in the coach belonging to a mysterious guest at the inn that he is tasked with cleaning.
Revolt against the Romans
"I've fought every kind of barbarian, but the Britons are by far the worst..." Marcus is excited about travelling to Britannia, the island at the edge of the world. But the Britons are savages who tattoo themselves and take the heads of their enemies in battle.
A crazy day with cobras
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Battle of Britain
It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel ...
Time hunters. Stone age rampage
Tom is on a quest through time to find 6 golden coins. Back in the stone age, he is captured in a hunter's net and must escape, then defeat the enemy tribesman to find his treasure.
Barney and the secret of the French spies
In 1798 orphaned Barney Bean now has a flourishing farm in the New South Wales colony and everything he ever dreamed of ... except his childhood friend Elsie. But when Elsie falls ill and Barney rushes to be by her side, he finally learns the deadly secret she has been hiding.
Egyptian tales. The phantom of the Nile
Menes is training as a scribe in the temple. To earn extra money, he takes on other work. Old Maiarch wants him to write a prayer to get rid of a ghost in her house. But the ghost seems rather more human than it should. Can Menes discover what's really going on?
Flamingo boy
In the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2, a young autistic boy lives on his parents' farm among the salt flats and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn't understand, but he does know how to heal animals.
