J. M. Carr
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A cast of thousands, despicable villains and an unexpected reunion with disastrous consequences!ENGLAND 1937: 4000 child refugees from The Spanish Civil War are due to arrive at Southampton Docks . . .Sixteen-year-old aspiring doctor, Letitia, is determined to help with the rescue effort. Most of the children are taken to a camp, north of the town but some under the 'care' of a teacher called Easton Fitzgerald are billeted at Nettlefield Grange Orphanage....
2) Spare
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How do you survive when your only purpose is to give your live to others . . . bit by bit? In the derelict house next door to a building site, Dawn lives with a young woman who says to call her Mum.Dawn loves the hole in the roof, where she can always see blue. She loves her book of birds and she loves Mrs Goring, the old lady who lives on the ground floor.But when Dawn's medicine runs out and Mrs Goring disappears, Dawn begins see the world as it...
3) Sweet hearts
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A young girl celebrates Valentine's Day by making and hiding paper hearts around the house for her family to discover. Includes directions for making hearts and a brief history of Valentine's Day.
4) Frozen noses
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Describes the delights of such winter activities as throwing snowballs, making a snowman, and going ice skating.
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Buddy and Bea volume 1
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It is the first day of second grade and already Buddy is disappointed because his class has a new teacher, not the one he wanted, and there is a new student, Bea, who is boisterous and much too pushy for the reserved Buddy--and who insists that they are friends.
10) Tiny tornadoes
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(M. J.).Buddy and Bea volume 2
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Buddy (who is reserved and thoughtful), Bea (who is boisterous and bossy) and the other second graders in Ms. Maple's class are trying to come up with a name for their class, but it is proving harder then they thought it would be.
11) Pet-a-palooza
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Buddy and Bea volume 3
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After an author visits their classroom, Buddy and his friends are inspired to write about their pets, but something seems off about the things Bea is saying about her cat.
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The beautiful Princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell (which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love) and held captive at an enchanted lake. There, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured animals can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell.
19) Swine divine
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Rosie the pig takes drastic steps to prove that pigs belong in the muck-mushy mud and not dressed up in front of a camera.