The snow child

In this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart -- he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity…

Old age and how to milk it: why it’s great growing old

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9781802472592

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197 p. ; 19,5 cm

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827 TIB o

Kerb stain boys

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ISBN/ISSN

9781781128091

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112 p. ; 20 cm

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823 WHE k

The super-secret mission to the center of the moon (pie): an octagon valley s…

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ISBN/ISSN

9781368083751

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304 p. ; 21,5 cm

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823 DEL s

Dear Martin

Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up an…

The door-to-door bookstore

Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people are almost like friends to him, and he is their most important connection to the world. When Kollhoff unexpectedly loses his job, it takes the power of books and a nine-year-old girl to make them all find the…

A long petal of the sea

In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to su…

Dream on

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ISBN/ISSN

9781781124222

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67 p. ; 20 cm

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823 RAI d

Needle

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for young people in this riveting teen drama. Charlene is a demon knitter. It’s the only thing she enjoys and the only thing she believes she’s really good at. So when her foster mum’s son destroys her latest creation, Charlene loses it and stabs him in the hand with her knitting needle. …

The gun

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ISBN/ISSN

9781781124673

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62 p. ; 20 cm

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823 RAI t