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  Awesome Animals of Asia - The...

  Nicole Orr

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  The 7 continents of the world have their own history, climate, and natural biomes. Delve into a fun, fact-filled non-fiction book that explores the animals of the continent of Asia. Learn what countries make up the continent of Asia and fascinating information about 23 of the most interesting mammals, birds, insects, lizards, and ocean creatures. See full-color photos of the animals, most in their natural habitat. Also included is a list for further reading, websites to explore, a glossary and an index.

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  The Case of the Secret Signal

  Brian Gallagher

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  Ireland, 1911
  A secret signal flashes in the night …
  It's an SOS. Is someone being held prisoner?
  Friends Tim, Deirdre and Joe set out to investigate. What starts as a diversion while on holiday in Carlingford quickly spirals into a dangerous adventure. Can they solve the case before it's too late? And who can they trust?

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  The Ghostly Tales of the Berkshires

  Robert Oakes

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  Ghost stories from the Berkshires have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery!Welcome to the spooky Berkshires!Stay Alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms.Did you know that at the Mount, the former home of famous author Edith Wharton, a shadowy phantom haunts the halls? Or that a ghost train still steams through the Hoosac Tunnel? Can you believe there's a top-hatted ghost who wakes guests in the night at the historic Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge?Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see the Berkshires forever, and have you sleeping with the lights on!

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  Friends and Traitors

  Helen Peters

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  Some secrets are just too dangerous to know... A gripping World War II story about how two girls foil an aristocratic plot to bring down the government and hand the country to the Nazis...
  
  When Sidney Dashworth's school is evacuated to a huge stately home in the countryside, she thinks she's going to spend the war being very bored. At least her brother must be having fun, flying his Spitfire all over France! But soon Sidney and a housemaid called Nancy discover that the Earl is up to no good. He has secret nighttime meetings with mysterious men from the government, is hiding something sinister on his land and is connected to the bombing of a munitions factory. At first it's all terribly thrilling, investigating by creeping about at night and finding secret passageways, but soon everything takes a deadly turn. Sidney's brother goes missing over France and the war hits home with a terrible reality. The Earl and his evil plotters must be stopped, or nothing will ever be the same again...

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  Oskar and the Things

  Andrus Kivirähk

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  One summer, when both his parents are away for work, Oskar is sent to the countryside to live with his grandma. A dreary prospect turns into disaster when Oskar realises he left his mobile phone back at home. What will he do all summer now?
  Lonely and bored, Oskar crafts a phone out of a block of wood he finds in the shed and uses it to pretend to call things. To his surprise, the things reply! He speaks to a tough-talking iron, a poetising bin, a bloodthirsty wardrobe, a red balloon that gets tangled in the crown of a birch tree, and many more. Oskar finds himself in high demand, helping the things solve their problems and achieve their dreams.
  Oskar and the Things is a charming book about the power of the imagination and friendship, by Estonia's leading children's writer, Andrus Kivirähk. With a lively translation by Adam Cullen, and the original illustrations by Anne Pikkov, it is the perfect gift for an introverted child with a rich inner life.

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  Little Bird Lands

  Karen McCombie

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  Little Bird has landed in America, far from her home in Scotland and far from the danger that stalked her family. But the new world holds new perils, and soon she's on the run again. From the teeming streets of New York to the prairies of the west, Little Bird holds tight to secrets and dreams of freedom. Then, on her journey, she comes face-to-face with an unwelcome ghost from the past...
  The brilliant sequel to Little Bird Flies, this is an exciting story of settling in the New World while still being haunted by everything you've left behind. Themes of emigration and immigration, race and social status are thought-provokingly explored by the brilliant Karen McCombie. A modern Little House on the Prairie!

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