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Hannah, Jade and Charlotte are mad about ponies and love riding. So when disaster strikes, they're the first to ride to the rescue... A riding school outing ends in trouble when a fire breaks out in an old building. With no phone line in place and emergency services some distance away, the girls must think fast. Charlotte volunteers to gallop to the nearest farm, while Hannah and Jade come up with a plan to fetch water on horseback. But will t...

The horror and the humanity of war come too close, when a little fishing boat, the Breadwinner, rescues a pilot shot down in the Channel during a dogfight. The only trouble is, the pilot is German. As the young fisherman tends his wounds, he comes to realize that war is not exciting, and the enemy before him is just a young boy like himself - indistinguishable from the once glamorous English pilot who soon also crashes near the boat.

Hannah, Jade and Charlotte are mad about ponies and love riding. So when disaster strikes, they're the first to ride to the rescue... Hannah's on holiday with her mother - and her mother's new fiance, Frank. They're canoeing down the river while Hannah pony-treks alongside. She's still not sure about Frank, but when he's badly injured in an accident, it's Hannah to the rescue. Riding full pelt through a fierce storm, she knows he is dependent ...

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Val Thame lives in Hampshire, England. She is a full-time writer and her stories for the young have been broadcast on British television and independent radio. Her stories have also been widely published in various children's magazines.

Spooky psychological thriller for children, in Large Print. "Nothing exciting ever happens." Will Beth learn to regret her words as her weird cousin Tanya comes to stay, closely followed by the mysterious Mr Mandrake? As the quest for the magical seer's stone unfolds, a dark and evil force is unleashed. Can Tanya use her psychic powers to protect her cousin and reclaim the stone? Or will the malevolent Mr Mandrake get there first? As the night...

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Children's fiction primarily for girls, up to age 10, in Large Print. Plotting revenge, Fustia Necromancy begins her search for ex-pupil Goodrun Badmanners who destroyed her Witches' Academy. But Goodrun has changed her name and returned to the mortal world where she thinks she is safe. Meanwhile, sister Evilyn is looking for mischief and finds it - when she gets a job as a reporter on a new magazine, The Hag Mag, editor: Fustia Necromancy! Wi...

Children's fantasy fiction primarily for girls, up to age 10, in Large Print. Goodrun Smith, the half-witch, finds herself in a spot when her wicked half-sister, Evilyn Badmanners' magic goes disastrously wrong. Evilyn accidentally causes an eclipse by zapping a bathtub to the skies. Under the cover of darkness, the witches come out and do mischief to the townsfolk. Goodrun is left to think of a way to break the spell and lift the darkness. Al...

Adult, sports autobiography, printed in Large Print. Brim Full of Passion follows the story of Wasim Khan's journey to becoming the first British born Asian to play professional cricket. Eight-year-old Wasim Khan yanks a board out of the garden fence, nicks his Mum's only decent knife, and starts whittling. A month later he's putting his first bat to good use: sending the school's tennis balls high onto the roof so that he can sneak back over ...

Fantasy adventure story for young adults, in Large Print. Chooker, the Queen's young sister, must fight to restore her family's name and save the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. Sequel to ATLANTIS by Frances Mary Hendry (also in Large Print). The peaceful kingdom of Atlantis is in great danger from a terrible giant, and people are blaming Mungith and his discovery. His cousin Chooker, the young sister of the Queen, realises that the only way t...

Exciting fantasy adventure story for young adults, printed in Large Print. An unbelievable discovery by a young boy suddenly puts the underwater city in great danger. The effects are still felt in the follow up book, QUEST FOR ATLANTIS by Frances Mary Hendry (also in Large Print). A creak, a crunching growl, a roar. A brief dazzle of light. He tried to leap for the wall, as the Coal had told him to do, but his bad ankle gave way. The roof fell...

Contemporary issues novel about bullying, set in Scotland, for younger teens, published in Large Print. Small, downtrodden Malcolm finally explodes, and stands up to his bullying stepbrother - with a frying pan. And his life changes drastically. Exiled by his stepfather to the wilds of Scotland, away from his mother and little sister, into the care of his elderly Aunt Mary and a huge Rambo lookalike, he meets a fresh type of bully and faces hu...

Historical intrigue for children 9-12, printed in large print. set in a Scottish fishing village in the days of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Jeannie Main will make a king, and break a king, come four times into the shadow of the gibbet, and risk her life by riding the Kelpie, the fearsome water monster. That's what wee Jeannie is told during the 1745 Rising, as Prince Charles Edward Stewart makes his desperate attempt to win back his grandfather's c...

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Young adult novel about a girl facing pregnancy and abortion, and an unexpected new friendship.

Three romantic novellas by a master of English literature.