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Tall, gangly, and tomboyish Katy was badly injured in an accident which has left her partially paralysed. This has been tough on the wild girl, who is no longer able to play with her siblings or roam around nature the way she used to. But Katy has now regained some feelings in her legs, and can finally start to slowly walk again. Her father feels she is healthy enough to start school, so he sends her off to be educated. It is with mixed emotions that Katy goes. Starting school will be exciting, but won’t she miss her siblings too much to learn anything?

When the shy, sheltered Rose Campbell is orphaned and sent to live at "The Aunt-hill," she expects a life of quiet gloom. Instead, she finds herself swept up in a whirlwind of masculine energy, courtesy of her seven boisterous male cousins and her eccentric, forward-thinking Uncle Alec. In this...

It's 1972 in Gibber's Creek, and across the nation, the catchcry is, 'It's time'. As political ideals drift from disaster to the dismissal, it's also time for Jed Kelly to choose between past love, Nicholas, the local Labor member, and Sam from the Halfway to Eternity commune. It's time too for...

Eli must embrace his unique heritage and make an impossible decision about his future, and the future of Misewa, in this thrilling last adventure in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series. Eli, Morgan and Emily manage to free themselves from captivity as the...

Mød Saga Louise Larsen i små og store øjeblikke. Fem historier om at tabe sin første tand, fødselsdagsfester, en hjemmelavet forhindringsbane og om at blive væk i et stort varehus. "Saga på eventyr" er en varm og sjov lydbog for de 5-8-årige. Svenske Josefine Sundström (f. 1976) er uddannet klassisk balletdanser, men hun er mest kendt som sanger, tv-vært og forfatter. I 1999 deltog hun i det svenske Melodi Grand Prix som en del af pigegruppen Ai, og samme år blev hun vært på musikvideoprogrammet "Voxpop" på SVT.

Mød Saga Louise Larsen i små og store øjeblikke. Fem historier om trampolinspring, badedragtkatastrofer, godnatslik og om at sove for længe. "Saga på eventyr" er en varm og sjov lydbog for de 5-8 årige. Svenske Josefine Sundström (f. 1976) er uddannet klassisk balletdanser, men hun er mest kendt som sanger, tv-vært og forfatter. I 1999 deltog hun i det svenske Melodi Grand Prix som en del af pigegruppen Ai, og samme år blev hun vært på musikvideoprogrammet "Voxpop" på SVT.

From Australia's best-loved storyteller comes the final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga This is a love song to our nation, told in a single sweeping story Jed Kelly has finally persuaded her great aunt Nancy to tell the story of her grandparents. The tale that unfolds is one of Australia's...

The story behind Banjo Paterson's iconic Australian song. 'Once a jolly swagman camped by a Billabong Under the shade of a Coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited till his Billy boiled You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me...' In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to...

Eli and Morgan experience life-changing revelations in this new adventure in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series. While exploring World’s End, an area in Aski they've just discovered, Morgan and Emily delight in their developing relationship, while Eli...

It's a race against time to save Eli, in this third book in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series. After discovering a near-lifeless Eli at the base of the Great Tree, Morgan knows she doesn't have much time to save him. And it will mean asking for help —...

Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time, in this second book in the Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series. Back at home after their first adventure in the Barren Grounds, Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues: Eli is being bullied at...

Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson. Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg...

"Cassie recounts harrowing events during late 1941. An engrossing picture of fine young people endeavoring to find the right way in a world that persistently wrongs them." --Kirkus...

De vader van Arnold kiest tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de kant van de Duitsers. Arnold zelf zit bij de Jeugdstorm, een Duitse jeugdvereniging. Hij wordt hierom gepest en getreiterd door zijn klasgenoten, ze noemen hem een verrader. Arnold twijfelt aan de Duitse propaganda, maar thuis kan hij hierover niet praten en op school vertrouwen ze hem niet. Eenzaam zoekt hij zijn eigen weg...'Ruim dertig jaar na de eerste publicatie van dit verhaal staat dit boek nog steeds als een huis.' - mpobooks.

I Fårup Fjord på danska landsbygden är det full fart under sommaren. 13-åriga Terne sköter ormarna i sin pappas terrarium, beklagar sig över sin nördiga storebror Björn och smider hemliga planer med sin bästa vän Emma. Terne blir också förälskad i den söta köpenhamnskillen Hugo, som semestrar hos sin mystiska pappa och styvmamma, som är nyinflyttade och som driver en minigolfbana i närheten av Ternes hem. Tillsammans med Emma försöker Terne leka detektiv och få belöningar för att fånga snattare och avslöja flera andra skumma affärer.

Fram tills Camilla är fem år leker livet. Hon är pappas flicka och tillsammans utforskar de världen och roas av varandras sällskap. Men så en dag händer något oväntat. Pappa förändras. Han blir våldsam och svart i ögonen. Plötsligt har familjen splittrats och in flyttar en ny man. Mannen med de röda ögonen, som kommer in i Camillas rum på nätterna. Där och då, vid fem års ålder, bestämmer hon sig för att sluta finnas. Det ska dröja innan hon väljer att existera igen.

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. For David Logan, a time of distress means taking the higher road. During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with their neighbors, black and...

Eight-year-old Elsie Dinsmore is enjoying a blissful Christmas holiday season with her family and friends when a crisis arises that threatens life as she knows it. She believes that obeying a request her father has made would violate her conscience, and she must refuse him. He, in turn, believes Elsie is being willful and disobedient, and he fails to see her refusal as a matter of her deep, abiding faith in God.

Pelle Hermannin hulvaton matka maailman ympäri isää etsimässä! Sirkuspelle Hermanni saa kuulla isänsä joutuneen pulaan ja lähtee pitkälle etsintämatkalle ympäri maailmaa. Hän kohtaa lentorosvoja, eksyy lumimyrskyyn ja päätyy jopa vankilaan! Onnistuuko Hermanni löytämään isänsä ja pelastamaan tämän pulasta? Kirja sisältää 12 vauhdikasta tarinaa Hermannin yrityksestä löytää isänsä.

The entire family is thrown into turmoil, however, when a carriage accident threatens the life and sanity of Grandpa Dinsmore and Aunt Enna, and Violet is burned with a troublesome secret. Everyone in the family is thrilled as young Elsie blossoms under the warmth of new love, but sorrow strikes as Lily is gathered into the arms of the Good Shepherd despite all the efforts to save her life.