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The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson’s Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town. So begins a dangerous and transcendent journey alon…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781035031269
- Collation
- 302 p. ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 EVE j
Dead-end memories
From a woman experiencing a budding romance, accompanied by the ghost of an elderly couple, to an editor who gains a new lease of life after a near-death experience, to a woman seeking refugee in her uncle's apartment.
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780571382347
- Collation
- 221 p. ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 YOS d
The Famous five colour short stories: five to the rescue
When the Famous Five are having a seaside picnic they spot a lamb in trouble. With no one else on hand to help, it's up to the Five to launch a rescue mission. Will they make it in time?
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781444950212
- Collation
- 74 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- The Famous Five Adventures
- Call Number
- F AHM f
The wild robot
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz's only hope is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants. When she tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help, and the is…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781848127272
- Collation
- 276 p. ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- Wild robot book #1
- Call Number
- 823 BRO t
The hive queen
Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: Why is Cricket immune to Queen Wasp's powers? Whenever the queen takes control of all the HiveWings, speaking through their mouths and seeing through their eyes, Cricket has to hide, terrified …
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781338214499
- Collation
- 286 p. ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- Wings of fire book #12
- Call Number
- 823 SUT t
The lost continent
Blue the SilkWing is content. Life in his Hive is safe; he loves his family; he has enough to eat. And Pantala has been at peace for as long as he can remember -- SilkWings and HiveWings live and work together in harmony, and because they stay vigilant, no one has seen a dangerous LeafWing in years. Now that Blue's sister, Luna, is undergoing her Metamorphosis, Blue knows things are going to…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781338214444
- Collation
- 301 p. ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- Wings of fire book #11
- Call Number
- 823 SUT t
Darkness of dragon
Qibli knows Darkstalker must be stopped. And he knows he could stop him -- if he had magic. With even a sliver of the ancient dragon's all-powerful scroll, Qibli could rewrite history the right way: end war forever; make every dragon happy; perhaps even cast a very small spell so that everyone would like him...Instead, as Darkstalker's dangerous influence spreads across Pyrrhia, entrancing or k…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780545685481
- Collation
- 2017
- Series Title
- Wings of fire book #10
- Call Number
- 823 SUT d
Talons of power
Turtle isn't one of the heroes he reads about in stories. If he were, he'd use his animus powers to help Pyrrhia - instead of keeping his abilities a secret, even from his own sister. Now that Darkstalker, the sinister and impossibly old dragon from Pyrrhia's most notorious legends, has returned, Turtle knows his own role simple: hide. And stay hidden.
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780545685436
- Collation
- 290 p. ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- Wings of fire book #9
- Call Number
- 823 SUT t
Wings of fire: the flames of hope
With talons united... Luna has always wanted to change the world -- to fix it, to free it -- even if she’s never actually known how. Now that all of dragon- and humankind are in mortal danger, Luna is flying back home to Pantala with a team of dragons on a rescue mission, determined to be brave and useful. But saving a continent isn’t as easy as a prophecy makes it sound, and "facing …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781338214581
- Collation
- 330 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 SUT w
Wings of fire: the poison jungle
Some secrets are deadly.It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings. It's her life's mission to exact revenge on the tribe that tried to wipe out the LeafWings and ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala.Every tree, that is, except the wild and dangerous Poison Jungle, where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding since the war. Hiding, plotting, and waiting for a dragon li…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781338214529
- Collation
- 301 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 SUT w
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