Crossing the line

Erik's mum is juggling the challenge of two small babies, plus the recent death of her husband due to COVID-19. Both these factors affect teenage Erik too, struggling with homework as the babies continually cry or his mum needs help. When the difficulties at home affect Erik's behaviour at school and he gets in with the wrong crowd, Erik is tempted to earn some easy money. . . But this kind …

Nothing else but miracles

When 12-year-old Dory Byrne’s pop left New York City’s Lower East Side to fight Hitler, he promised her and her brothers that they’d be safe. Like he always said, “the neighborhood will give you what you need.” There’s the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. And every Thursday night, the Byrnes enjoy a free bowl of seaf…

A tangle of spells

It should have been a fresh start for the Widdershins sisters, Betty, Fliss and Charlie, who have left the misty gloom of Crowstone for a new life in the pretty village of Pendlewick. But all is not as it seems and as one of their own begins to slip away from them, the sisters find themselves in a race against time to break a dark magic that has cast a spell over the village.

Sky song

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9781471146077

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288 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

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823 ELP s

The lottery and other stories 75th anniversary edition

One of the darkest, most nightmarish stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. This lucid tale of a sleepy town's annual lottery--and the monstrous desires it awakens--endures as an essential classic of American fiction. The Lottery and Other Stories unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four wonderfully strange and eq…

The house with chicken legs runs way

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9781803704364

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320 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

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823 AND h

Speechless

Middle school was supposed to be a fresh start for Mira, who struggles to speak in class even though she can speak at home without a problem. Her former best friend, Chloe, has become her worst enemy, and Mira's only solace is making videos for her secret stop-motion animation channel. But when Chloe's mom has to travel for a family emergency, Mira is horrified to learn that her family has volu…

Boy in the tower

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ISBN/ISSN

9780552569163

Collation

336 p. ; ill. ;19,5 cm

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823 HOY b

Opposites

Learn all about opposites in this funny and charming first concept board book from the brilliant Charlie and Lola.

Hello world!

The irrepressible Monster is back and this time, he wants to see the world. Mrs. Mo is busy painting, so Monster decides to go alone. Hes packed everything he needs: an umbrella, a tea pot, a trumpet... And his globe, of course! But when his adventure becomes bigger than he expected, Monster wishes Mrs. Mo had come after all and brought lunch.