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The L-Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks
Category: Fiction
"Lynne Reid Banks' compassionate first novel examines the stigma of unmarried motherhood in pre-pill, pre-Abortion Act Britain... While the social climate has changed drastically since publication, a transgressive frisson still crackles from the pages' i>The GuardianPregnant by accident, kicked out o ...Show more
The L-shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks
Category: Fiction
Pregnant by accident, kicked out of home by her father, 27-year-old Jane Graham goes to ground in the sort of place she feels she deserves. She thinks she wants to hide from the world, but finds out that even at the bottom of the heap, friends and love can still be found, and self-respect is still worth ...Show more
The Return of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
Category: Children's | Series: Indian in the Cupboard
It's been over a year since Omri discovered in "The Indian in the Cupboard" that, with the turn of a key, he could magically bring to life the three-inch-high Indian figure he placed inside his cupboard. Omri and his Indian, Little Bear, create a fantastic world together until one day, Omri realizes the ...Show more
The Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
Category: Children's | Series: Indian in the Cupboard
As his adventures with Little Bear continue, Omri travels from the French and Indian wars to the present, and then back to the Old West at the tum-of-the-century. "From the Hardcover edition."
Tiger, Tiger (Essential Modern Classics) by Lynne Reid Banks
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Essential Modern Classics
Two tigers. One city. Two very different lives. A compelling story about friendship, brotherhood and battling against the odds. In Ancient Rome Caesar is almighty and his power is played out in the gladiatorial arena, where animals and men are baited, challenged and destroyed. Two tiger cubs have been k ...Show more
Uprooted: A Canadian War Story by Lynne Reid Banks
Category: Children's
From the author of The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room comes a fascinating story of a wartime childhood, heavily influenced by her own experience. In 1940 as war rages across Europe, ten-year-old Lindy waves goodbye to England and makes the long journey to Saskatoon, Canada, along with her ...Show more