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  100 Extraordinary Stories of...

  Jean Fischer

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  Praying girls are world-changers! And this deeply inspiring storybook proves it! Just for the girls in your life, ages 8 and up, this collection of 100 extraordinary stories of praying women of faith--from the Bible, history, and today--will empower girls to know and understand how praying women have made a difference in the world and how much smaller our faith (and the biblical record) would be without them. Featuring true stories of praying women like Anna, Esther, Hannah, Anne Bradstreet, Shirley Dobson, Lottie Moon, Ida Scudder, Corrie ten Boom, Phillis Wheatley, and dozens more, the stories of these 100 women will encourage and inspire girls to become the praying world-changers God created them to be!

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  Young Lions Attack

  Andrew Mackay

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  Sam, Alan, Alice and Aurora continue to sabotage SS plans to arrest and eliminate a list of targets written in a secret Black Book. The Partisans discover the existence of a shadowy ancient Resistance organization with their own hidden agenda. The Nazis devise a plan to destroy the Hereward guerrillas once for all. Young Lions Attack is the fourth book in the Young Lions series and is a fast-paced, gritty war novel set in an alternative history of the Second World War. The Young Lions series:Young LionsYoung Lions Roar (winner of NGP Publishing Prize 2012)Young Lions Hunt

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  Shadow House: The Missing

  Dan Poblocki

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  This new, stand-alone book in the Shadow House series features five new victims who are trapped in a haunted house and must try to escape.  
   
  Five children have been lured into Shadow House, all for different reasons. None of them knows the others. And none of them knows what to do when they can’t find a way back out. 
   
  But something is different inside the house. Someone—or something—is there with them, and seems to know more than they do. Only how are the kids supposed to decide if that someone is trying to help them . . . or trap them there forever? 
   
  Step into Shadow House.

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  Nutcracker and Mouse King

  E.T.A. Hoffmann

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  The Mouse King (also known as Rat King in some versions) is the main antagonist in the novel and ballet adaptation The Nutcracker. He is an oppressive ruler who wishes to rule over a magical kingdom where he comes from. He becomes successful as he transformed the prince into a nutcracker and overthrew him. The prince, however, still rebels against the Mouse King, as the story introduces the Mouse King and the Nutcracker Prince waging in a battle against each other, which soon brought the attention of the story's protagonist. On Christmas Eve, a girl named Marie is visited by her godfather Drosselmeyer who persent Marie a nutcracker as her present.    Marie enjoys the gift, but then her brother Fritz accidentally broke it when he wanted to play with it. Marie becomse upset and takes the nutcracker away from Fritz, as she promises to take care of it. Marie's slumber is disrupted by the grandfather clock chimeing, and Marie belives Drosselmeyer is sitting on top of it. Around that time, the Mouse King and his army invades Marie's house.    The Nutcracker soon comes alive and leads an army of toys into battle against the Mouse King. The battle is first in favor of the dolls, but they are soon overwhelmed by the Mouse KIng's army. Noticing the Nutcracker about to be taken captive, Marie throws a slipper at the Mouse King, fainting afterwards (cutting her arm on the toy cabinet's glass door in the process).    Marie wakes up in her bed the next morning with her arm bandaged. She tries to tell her parents about the battle between the mice and the dolls, but they don't believe her, thinking that she has had a fever dream caused by the cut from the glass. Several days later, Drosselmeyer arrives with the nutcracker after he fixed his jaw, and he tells Marie the story of Princess Pirlipat and Madame Mouserinks, also known as the Queen of the Mice, which explains how nutcrackers came to be and why they look the way they do. The Mouse Queen tricked Pirlipat's mother into allowing her and her children to gobble up some lard..... that was supposed to be used in the King's sausage dinner!    The King, furious about the now ruined dinner plans, had his court inventor, whose name happens to be Drosselmeyer, create traps for the Mouse Queen and her children. The Mouse Queen, angered at the death of her children, swore that she would take revenge on Pirlipat. Pirlipat's mother surrounded her with cats which were supposed to be kept awake by being constantly stroked. However, the nurses who did so fell asleep and the Mouse Queen magically turned Pirlipat ugly (With a large head, a wide grinning mouth, and a cottony beard like a nutcracker.) The King blamed Drosselmeyer and gave him four weeks to find a cure. At the end, he had no cure, but went to the court astrologer.

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  Dave Pigeon: Nuggets! - Dave...

  Swapna Haddow

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  WINNER of the Greenhouse Funny Prize; SHORTLISTED for the Sainsbury's Book Award and numerous regional awards, this hilarious series is adored by its readers! 
  This book is in Pigeonese. The following words are a test: cats smell of farts and cabbage. Could you read all the words? Are you sure? Do you want to try that fourth word again? If you managed to read ALL those words, you may turn the page . . . 
  Dave Pigeon is BACK! And so is his side-kick Skipper. But trouble is afoot. When their Human Lady leaves to go on a 'holiday' (whatever that is), Dave and Skipper are horrified to find that their food supply quickly runs dry. With delicious biscuits on their minds, they set off in search of a new owner - but is Reginald Grimster all he seems? Why is he so keen on feeding them? And why does he have so many books about cooking . . .? 
  'A hilarious new series.' Angels and Urchins 
  'A really enjoyable read for children just moving into chapter books.' Books for Keeps

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  It Burns Me Up!

  Ray Bradbury

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  Ray Bradbury delivers a razor-sharp, darkly humorous masterpiece in “It Burns Me Up!,” the tale of a murdered man who remains conscious as his lifeless body becomes the center of a chaotic, gossip-hungry spectacle. While detectives posture, reporters posture harder, neighbors gawk, and his wife performs her own brand of calculated innocence, the victim narrates the entire circus with eerie calm and unsettling clarity. The story unfolds as a portrait of human absurdity—how people behave when they believe the dead can’t hear them, and how the truth gets twisted long before the body grows cold. 
  This is Bradbury at his satirical best, delivering a noir-laced character study full of sharp observation and biting irony. The dead man watches the living reveal their flaws, their vanity, and their hunger for drama, until even his final journey to the crematory becomes one last cosmic punchline. 
  Ray Bradbury stands as one of the most influential voices in 20th-century speculative fiction. His work blends emotional truth with imaginative power, offering stories that probe the human condition while delivering unforgettable characters and atmosphere. Known for “The Martian Chronicles,” “Fahrenheit 451,” and “The Illustrated Man,” Bradbury’s stories continue to resonate with readers and listeners who crave thoughtful, character-driven tales. 
  His influence stretches across literature, film, and audio drama, and “It Burns Me Up!” demonstrates why his shorter works remain enduring classics. This is Bradbury in compact form—funny, unnerving, and brilliantly observant.

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