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Fagin's girl
Orphan Ettie Shaw is penniless and homeless on the streets of London when she is spotted by her older brother Joe. Joe has fallen in with a notorious pickpocket gang run by a man called Fagin, and Ettie has to disguise herself as a boy so she can come back with him to Fagin’s lair. At first Ettie is able to help out with mending and other domestic jobs, but when one of the other boys fa…
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- 9781800900554
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- 88 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm
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- F MCC f
The royal rebel: the life of suffragette princess Sophia Duleep Singh
Rebel, Princess, Suffragette: this is the incredible true story of the life of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, a forgotten heroine of the early twentieth century. Born in 1876, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the last Sikh ruler of the Punjab, and goddaughter of Queen Victoria. After her father lost control of his empire and was exiled to England, Sophia had a privileged but trou…
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- 9781781129425
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- 136 p. ; 20 cm
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- 823 RAI t
After the war: from Auschwitz to Amblesid
Summer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are among three hundred children who arrive in the English Lake District. Having survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, they've finally reached a place of safety and peace, where they can hopefully begin to recover. But Yossi is haunted by thoughts of his missing father and disturbed by terrible ni…
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- 9781781129487
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- 208 p. ; 20 cm
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- 823 PAL a
The prime of miss Jean Brodie
'Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life...' Passionate, free-thinking and unconventional, Miss Brodie is a teacher who exerts a powerful influence over her group of 'special girls' at Marcia Blaine School. They are the Brodie set, the crème de la crème, each famous for something - Monica for mathematics, Eunice for swimming, Rose for sex - who are initiated into …
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- 9781781129241
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- 265 p. ; 20 cm
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- 823 SPA t
The songbird and the rambutan tree
Batavia, Dutch East Indies, 1942. Emmy has the voice of an angel but hasn’t sung a note since a family tragedy. With war looming, her father plans to ship her off to a singing school in England for safety. But all Emmy wants to do is stay in Batavia with her best friend, Bakti, even if it means putting up with her snooty classmate, Violet. Then the Japanese army invades—and as war erupts…
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- 9781631638206
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- 306 p. ; ill. ; 21,5 cm
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- 823 ABE t
The last hawk
Nazi Germany is a dangerous place for a girl with a stammer - and although her father tries to keep her safe, Ingrid can't help feeling like she's let him down. But in the air, soaring high as she pilots her beloved glider planes, Ingrid is free and incredibly talented. When she gets the chance to fly in a propaganda tour alongside her hero, Germany's daring female test pilot Hanna Reitsch, Ing…
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- 9781781129555
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- 136 p. ; 20 cm
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- 823 WEI t
The fish in the bathtub
Grandpa Feliks can't wait to eat the carp he has bought for Christmas. But little Lucja loves Mr Fishy. Grandpa Feliks saw off the Germans, and then the Russians - but can he hope to win against his own daughter? A Little Gem from Barrington Stoke written by the Children's Laureate for Ireland.
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- 9781800901049
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- 64 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm
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- F COL t
Resist
As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of arrest and enslavement. After the murder of her beloved uncle and the capture of her brother by the Germans, Edda is determined to do anything she…
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- 9781800901063
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- 208 p. ; 20 cm
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- 823 PAL r
Jalan pos Daendels
Membentang dari Anyer, Jawa Barat sampai Panarukan, Jawa Timur, Jalan Raya Pos dibangun hanya dalam setahun, 1808-1809. Kala itu, Herman Willem menjabat Gubernur Jenderal Hindia Belanda. Buku ini mengisahkan liputan Tempo menyusuri ruas-ruas Jalan Raya Pos. Ada kawasan tempat perkebunan pekerja rodi di zaman Daendels, yang juga makam jenazah korban penembakan misterius Orde Baru. Terdapat pula …
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- 9786024246839
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- 128 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm
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- Seri buku tempo
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- 959 SUR j
Pulang
Paris, Mei 1968. Ketika gerakan mahasiswa berkecamuk di Paris, Dimas Suryo, seorang eksil politik Indonesia, bertemu Vivienne Deveraux, mahasiswa yang ikut de- monstrasi melawan pemerintah Prancis. Pada saat yang sama, Dimas me- nerima kabar dari Jakarta: Hananto Prawiro, sahabatnya, ditangkap tentara dan dinyatakan tewas. Di tengah kesibukan mengelola Restoran Tanah Air di Paris, Dimas…
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- Cetakan ke-16, Maret
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- 9786024242756
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- 13,5x20 cm; ill; pbk; bw; viii+461p
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- 899.22132 CHU p
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