Clover Twig and the Perilous Path

Clover Twig and the Perilous Path
Author: Kaye Umansky
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-06-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1596437545

The sequel to "Clover Twig and and the Magical Cottage." Clover Twig has been warned about The Perilous Path, but when her baby brother goes missing she and her friend Wilf must travel that tricky trail to rescue him from the clutches of Mesmeranza, the evil sister of Clover's employer, Mrs. Eckles. Illustrations.

Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage

Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage
Author: Kaye Umansky
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2009-08-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1596435070

An ordinary girl gets a dose of adventure when she goes to work for a witch who lives in a magical flying cottage.

TALES FROM WITCHWAY WOOD: Crash 'n' Bang

TALES FROM WITCHWAY WOOD: Crash 'n' Bang
Author: Kaye Umansky
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2011-04-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1408818655

Filth is Witch Sludgegooey's Fiend, Arthur the Dragon is precise, meticulous and lives with his mum, and O'Brian is a Leprechaun who is often mistaken for a Pixie. These three very different characters have two things in common - the band they play in (The Witchway Rhythm Boys) and the music they play (Crash 'n' Bang). But they don't get a chance to play Crash 'n' Bang a lot as nobody likes it very much. Until, that is, The Thing in the Moonmad T-shirt becomes their manager and sets their sights higher - on the forthcoming music competition The Battle of the Bands, where they face stiff opposition from some terrifying Skeletons, Trolls and Gnomes. The narrative is set in Witchway Wood and features welcome appearances for Pongwiffy fans of characters such as Scott Sinister, Ali Pali, Lulu Lamarre and Witch Sludgegooey, as well as the Witchway Rhythm Boys themselves. With appearances from a Fairy set on revenge, a Werewolf determined to join a band, and a loyal but not very talkative goldfish called Gareth, plus a lot of extremely loud Crash 'n' Bang, this is a fast-talking, drumstick-rolling, high-octane magical extravaganza!

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466804270

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow

The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow
Author: Kaye Umansky
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2004-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 014131673X

Inspired by Charles Dickens, Umansky pens a daft and clever account of a foundling who sets out in search of his destiny, only to encounter some woeful misadventures along the way.

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Publisher: Chicken House
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1909489484

When nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict is sent to a new orphanage, he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances - and a mind-bending mystery. Luckily, he has one very important thing in his favour: he's a genius.

The Egg and I

The Egg and I
Author: Betty MacDonald
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1987-08-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0060914289

When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity, a house in need of constant repair, and days that ran from four in the morning to nine at night, the MacDonalds had barely a moment to put their feet up and relax. And then came the children. Yet through every trial and pitfall—through chaos and catastrophe—this indomitable family somehow, mercifully, never lost its sense of humor. A beloved literary treasure for more than half a century, Betty MacDonald's The Egg and I is a heartwarming and uproarious account of adventure and survival on an American frontier.

Rabbit Hill (Puffin Modern Classics)

Rabbit Hill (Puffin Modern Classics)
Author: Robert Lawson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2007-02-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0142407968

It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. It’s only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a little bit surprised when they do.

O Pioneers!

O Pioneers!
Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: Modernista
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2024-07-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9181080794

When the young Swedish-descended Alexandra Bergson inherits her father's farm in Nebraska, she must transform the land from a wind-swept prairie landscape into a thriving enterprise. She dedicates herself completely to the land—at the cost of great sacrifices. O Pioneers! [1913] is Willa Cather's great masterpiece about American pioneers, where the land is as important a character as the people who cultivate it. WILLA CATHER [1873-1947] was an American author. After studying at the University of Nebraska, she worked as a teacher and journalist. Cather's novels often focus on settlers in the USA with a particular emphasis on female pioneers. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the novel One of Ours, and in 1943, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

A White Heron

A White Heron
Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
Publisher: Trond Knutsen
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1886
Genre: New England
ISBN: