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The Viking Saga by Henry Treece
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: A Puffin Book
Into this breathtaking trilogy is woven the true spirit of the Vikings, who great thirst for travelling the seas took them on incredible voyages in defiance of icy waters, terrible hardships and bloodthirsty resistance. It is AD 780. Viking's Dawn sees a young Norse boy, Harald Sigurdson, set sail for t ...Show more
The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
This is a story of survival set in a small fishing villlage near Bombay. Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsib ...Show more
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
This Newbery Medal-winning adventure, the second book in the ever-popular Doctor Dolittle series, finds the physician who can talk to animals setting sail in search of a missing colleague. Join the good doctor and his new assistant, nine-year-old Tommy Stubbins, as they hunt for Long Arrow, the world's ...Show more
Thunder and Lightnings by Jan Mark
Category: Classics | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
When Andrew's family moves house, he strikes up an unexpected friendship with his neighbour Victor. There isn't a thing Victor doesn't know about the RAF planes flying overhead and the two boys are soon busy tracking their movements.Then Andrew discovers that Victor's beloved Lightnings are due to be sc ...Show more
Uncle by J. P. Martin
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
The wonderfully eccentric adventures of a kind-hearted elephant, hugely enjoyed by children and adults alike, by J. P. Martin and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Uncle is a millionaire elephant who has a B.A. and wears a purple dressing gown. He lives in a labyrinth of skyscrapers connected by water chute ...Show more
Walkabout by James Vance Marshall
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: A Puffin Book
Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an air crash in the middle of the Australian outback. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and guides them along their long journey. But a terrible misunderstanding results in a trag ...Show more
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
'Fiver and I will be leaving the warren tonight . . . I don't know exactly where we shall go, but we'll take anyone who's ready to come with us.' Fiver was only a young rabbit, but he has a sixth sense and foresaw that disaster was about to destroy the warren. Few believed him. Led by his brother Hazel, ...Show more
Watership Down (Netflix Tie-In) by Richard Adams; Richard Parkinson
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous ch ...Show more