Brian James
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This children's thriller, based on the author's own experiences in London, is about coming of age and the importance of family and friends during World War II.
It's the height of the Blitz. Night after night, waves of German bombers pound London streets, determined to bring the city to its knees. As the air-raid sirens wail, Alan and his best mates, Tommy and Wilkie, skip school to play among the bombed-out homes of their neighbors. They are soon...
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Henry liked to imagine his life began that cold rainy day in San Francisco when Mr. Earnshaw found him shivering by the side of the road. That was the day Henry met Catherine. For Henry, Catherine is like a precious gift. She pushes away his angry thoughts and makes him feel safe and calm. And though, Mr. Earnshaw, a widow, raises the orphan and Catherine as brother and sister, their love for each other goes much deeper. They vow to always be together.
But,...
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They're beautiful. They're popular. They're dead...
From the moment Hannah Sanders arrived in town, she felt there was something wrong. A lot of houses were for sale, and the town seemed infected by an unearthly quiet. And then, on Hannah's first day of classes, she ran into a group of cheerleaders - the most popular girls in school.
The odd thing was that they were nearly identical in appearance: blonde, beautiful, and deathly pale.
But,...
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A spellbinding trip of a novel about three friend breaking apart in their quest to stave off boredom and sameness.It's not about the drugs. It's not about the girls or the fights or the fading streetlights. It's about two nights that weren't going to be different from the rest, but then took a turn. It's about trying to find out who you are and who your real friends are. It's about everything being the same, the same, the same. It's about nothing...
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Hello, I'm Brian James, you're going to love Lucky the Amazing Dog Jockey.
You'll discover how this three legged little Aussie terrier goes from a city dog, who's never seen a horse, to become a world famous jockey, accidentally!
In the second part, we follow Lucky and his horse friend Bardot, to America, where he rides in one off the world's most famous horse races, the
Kentucky Derby. What happens in that race will amaze and surprise you.
Children...
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Pirate school volume 1
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Hoping to be taken seriously by Rotten Tooth, who is supposed to be training them to be pirates, nine-year-old Pete leads his friends in an attempt to beat the grown-ups in finding the treasure buried on Snake Island and stealing it from the giant snake that guards it.
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Pirate school volume 2
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While on lookout duty, the students of Pirate School spy a ghost ship following them, and when they bravely board it they receive a warning that may save their lives, if only they can convince Rotten Tooth or the captain that danger lies ahead.
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Pirate school volume 3
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A boring homework assignment involving knot tying proves invaluable when the student pirates help Captain Stinky Beard foil an attack by a rival pirate ship.
10) Treasure trouble
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Pirate school volume 5
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When, after finding buried treasure guarded by giant sand crabs, the crew of the Sea Rat comes down with a mysterious illness, the pirate students suspect that the treasure is cursed.
11) Port of spies
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Pirate school volume 4
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The young pirates-in-training list suspicious things in the port city of King's Island while running errands for Rotten Tooth, but he dismisses their concerns, leaving the "wee pirate kids" on their own to deal with strange events occurring on The Sea Rat after they return.
12) Camp Buccaneer
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Pirate school volume 6
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Captain Stinky Beard's pirate students, who want to win without cheating, compete in sailing races, treasure hunts, and swashbuckling events at Camp Buccaneer.
13) Yo-ho-ho!
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Pirate school volume 7
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Concerned that Santa will not be able to find them aboard the Sea Rat, Pete and the other pirate kids plot a course to the North Pole, where the ship gets stuck in a sheet of ice.
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Picture 7 rescue dogs wagging their way into one of California's most dangerous prisons. What happened next was something no one expected, and some even opposed. An entire prison yard was transformed, dogs were rescued, lives were changed, and in that process I discovered myself through the eyes of my dog which ultimately led to my release from prison after serving 29 years.
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When fifteen-year-old Sabrina meets Alec at the Wellness Center where she is being treated for schizophrenia, he tries to persuade her that it is the world that is crazy, not them, and she should defy her doctors rather than lose what makes her creative and special.
16) Spooky hayride
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While on a hayride, two brothers try to scare each other.