Remember Miranda

Cathy Wilson is driving to Norfolk, to begin her new job with the Harvey family. She is going to look after the two young children, Tim and Susan. Cathy meets the children's father, and their grandmother, and their aunt. She meets Nick, the farmer who lives across the fields. But she doesn't meet Miranda, the children's mother, because Miranda is dead. She died two years ago, and Cathy canno…

Body Atlas : A Complete Map of The Human Body

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780753724972

Collation

112p; ill; col; pbk

Series Title

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Call Number

612 PAR B

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