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The old curiosity shop (easy classics)
Filled with rusting relics and tattered treasure maps, The Old Curiosity Shop is Nell Trent's favourite place in the whole world—which is lucky, because it's also her home. Nell and her grandfather have always been happy with their simple lives. But when money gets tight, the pair are thrown out of their beloved shop and into the unknown. Poor and hungry, with no one to turn to, how will they…
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- 9781782264835
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- 96 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm
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- The Charles Dickens Children's Collection
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- F DIC t
Oliver Twist (easy classics)
Oliver Twist is poor. Always has been, always will be. Being born in a workhouse means that you'll probably always be treated like rubbish. Oliver does not want a life of hard work and measly meals, but he soon learns that it's never safe to ask for more. What Oliver really needs is a family. But is a family of thieves, kidnappers and killers really a family at all?
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- 9781782264828
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- 96 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm
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- The Charles Dickens Children's Collection
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- F DIC o
A tale of two cities (easy classics)
With daily beheadings and famous buildings being burnt to the ground, Paris during the Revolution is not the safest place to be. When Dr Manette is released from prison and reunited with his daughter, everything seems to finally be getting better. But his daughter's fiancé is keeping some dangerous secrets that lead the family on a deadly adventure. How long can 'happy ever after' really l…
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- 9781782264873
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- 96 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm
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- The Charles Dickens Children's Collection
- Call Number
- F DIC a
A christmas carol (easy classics)
Who can help a mean old man to love Christmas? How about a ghost? (…or three!) Scrooge’s heart is colder than snow, he’s richer than half the banks in England and meaner than, well, everyone. But when three seriously spooky ghosts turn up to take him on an adventure through time, he soon learns that being cold isn’t cool. Can he change his ways before it’s too late?
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- 9781782264897
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- 96 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm
- Series Title
- The Charles Dickens Children's Collection
- Call Number
- F DIC a
The great gatsby
This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by…
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- 9781982149482
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- 184 p. ; 20 cm
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- 823 FIT g
The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms
The Masked Man is on the loose in the Land of Stories, and it's up to Alex and Conner Bailey to stop him... except Alex has been thrown off the Fairy Council, and no one will believe they're in danger. With only the help of the ragtag group of Goldilocks, Jack, Red Riding Hood, and Mother Goose and her gander, Lester, the Bailey twins discover the Masked Man's secret scheme: He possesses a p…
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- 9780316406871
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- 419 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm
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- 823 COL T
Bridge to Terabithia
Jess Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys' side and outruns everyone.That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. Together they create…
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- 9780141359786
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- 178 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm
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- 823 PAT b
Spy school goes South
Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has been caught in the snares of SPYDER more than once and knows well enough to be suspicious of anything that seems too good to be true—despite needing special tutoring in advanced survival techniques. So when Murray Hill finally breaks his silence with an offer to hand over the SPYDER elite, Ben knows that there must be something going on. But his hesitation doe…
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- 9781481477864
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- 339 p. ; ill. ; 19.4 cm
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- The Spy School series
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- 823 GIB s
Tales of horror
A murderer is forced to reveal his crime by the sound of a beating heart, a mysterious figure wreaks havoc among a party of noblemen during the time of the plague, a grieving lover awakens to find himself clutching a box of his beloved blood-stained teeth, a man is obsessed with the fear of being buried alive – these are only some of the memorable characters and stories included in this volum…
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- 9781847496096
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- 311 p. ; 20 cm
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- 823 POE t
Howl's moving castle
‘One of the greatest ever writers for children’ – Garth Nix‘A true original’ – Katherine Rundell‘Truly magical … Guaranteed to leave you gasping’ The Bookseller‘She is the best writer of magical fantasy for children’ Evening StandardIn this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is p…
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- 9780007299263
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- 301 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm
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- 823 JON h
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