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The Sandfather by Linda Newbery
Category: Children's
Hal's life is in upheaval: trouble at school; problems at home; a quarrel with friends. Then Hal is sent to his grandfather's seaside home. Soon, his anger is absorbed by the pull of the crashing waves, buffeted by the tides, smoothed by the endless sands. Yet thoughts of the father he has never known w ...Show more
The Shell House by Linda Newbery
Category: Fiction
A beautifully written Carnegie-shortlisted novel, with two stories set generations apart. GregÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs interest in a ruined mansion grows as he discovers the events that overwhelmed its inhabitants. His insecurities mirror those of Edmund, who confronts his sexuality and faith during Wo ...Show more
The Treasure House by Linda Newbery
Category: Childrens
When Nina's mother, Miranda, disappears, leaving only a cryptic note, Nina is determined to uncover the mystery of where Miranda's gone and why. When Nina's mother, Miranda, mysteriously disappears, Nina's father goes to look for her, leaving Nina with her two eccentric aunts who run a charity shop in t ...Show more
The Treasure House by Linda Newbery
Category: Junior Fiction
When Nina's mother, Miranda, mysteriously disappears, Nina's father goes to look for her, leaving Nina with her two eccentric aunts who run a charity shop in town. Nina soon discovers that working in the shop can be funny, intriguing and rewarding as she takes in weird and wonderful donations, makes new ...Show more
The Treasure House by Linda Newbery
Category: Children's
When Nina's mother, Miranda, mysteriously disappears, Nina's father goes to look for her, leaving Nina with her two eccentric aunts who run a charity shop in town. Nina soon discovers that working in the shop can be funny, intriguing and rewarding as she takes in weird and wonderful donations, makes new ...Show more
This Book Is Cruelty-Free: Animal Rights And You by Linda Newbery
Category: Children's Educational
This book looks at all the things you can do to live cruelty free. How do the everyday choices you make affect animals and the environment? It's a guide for older children and teenagers concerned about animals, wildlife and the planet we live on. Packed with information on how to live a cruelty-free li ...Show more
Tilly's Promise by Linda Newbery
Category: Children's | Series: Teen. Barrington stoke
A beautiful and timeless story about the uncertainty and destruction caused by war. Tilly is a young nurse doing her best to help in the war effort. When she hears her brother Georgie must go to the front line in France she is devastated. Georgie isn't like other people - he has learning difficulties an ...Show more
Until We Win by Linda Newbery
Category: Children's
A hundred years ago, women didn't have the vote. When Lizzy Frost becomes involved with the fledgling Suffragette movement, it expands her horizons in ways she never could have imagined. From time spent in prison for the cause, to new relationships with fellow campaigners, Lizzy's struggle for votes for ...Show more
Windfall by Linda Newbery
Category: Fiction
Nathan is always in trouble. He doesn't want to be, it just seems to happen. Then he finds Windfall, the local animal sanctuary, and things start to look up. He meets beautiful, raven-haired Saskia, and also Hazel, a maltreated dog nobody can get near to, except Nathan. He dreams of taking Hazel to ...Show more
Writing Children's Fiction: A Writers' and Artists' Companion by Linda Newbery
Category: Reference
Full of both inspirational and practical advice, Writing Children's Fiction: A Writers' and Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing for some of the most difficult and demanding readers of all: children and young people. Part 1 explores the nature, history and challenges of children's literat ...Show more