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Languages : en
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Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783196734
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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An Elephant in the Garden is Simon Reade’s new adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s best-selling children’s novel. 1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother – and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War. Escaping the Allies’ advance from the West – and also the advancing Russian armies from the East – this extraordinary trio of refugees meet: a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from the Nazis; and the mechanised American cavalry, appearing over the horizon. It is Lizzie’s story – but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, loadbearing, indestructible, cheering – Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive.

Author: Lynne Cherry
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152163723
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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From the author of the beloved classic "The Great Kapok Tree," "A River Ran Wild "tells a story of restoration and renewal. Learn how the modern-day descendants of the Nashua Indians and European settlers were able to combat pollution and restore the beauty of the Nashua River in Massachusetts.

Author: Shirley Hailstock
Publisher: Shirley T. Hailstock
ISBN: 1939214297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Sable Ballantine has been on the run for a year and she doesn't know why. Apparently in the wrong place at the wrong time, she's had to escape strangers bent on harming her. Taking the common name of Helen Ryan and finally feeling safe, she meets Officer Brett Emerson who may be her salvation or the ticket to her downfall.

Author: John Annerino
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
ISBN: 9781560251750
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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The photojournalist describes his recovery from an ankle injury and his three-time run the length of the Grand Canyon despite doctors' claims he would never be able to run again

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007380666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller. An epic and heart-rending jungle adventure from the bestselling author of Kaspar and Born to Run.

Author: Bill Wallace
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481431455
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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It's not so bad living a dog's life. Unless you're a cat. Most times, hanging out with Rotten Willy (the huge dog on the cover) was cool. We played chase, talked, and chowed down on spaghetti and meatballs at Luigi's restaurant. Even though he was a dog (and sometimes called me Upchuck instead of Chuck), I could handle it. He was my best friend. Then this baseball stuff started and Willy went bonkers. I never saw him act so crazy. On top of that, these two new cats moved into our neighborhood. Trouble was, tough-guy Roscoe and his cute fuzzy sister, Rikki, did not like dogs. Dogs belong with dogs and cats belong with cats, they said. I was showing them the sights when I suddenly spied the dogcatcher, just waiting to trap Willy as he raced across the field with a baseball in his mouth. But Roscoe and Rikki would never understand if they found out my best friend was a dog. How could I save Willy before it was too late? What's a cat to do when he has to choose between old friends and new -- and there's no time to lose...

Author: Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823443639
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Twelve-year-old Willa and her twin brothers have survived with their father in the Alaskan wilderness for five years. But Willa knows this can't go on--they must escape. Since their mother died five years ago, Willa, her younger brothers, and her father have lived in the wilderness, in a log cabin they built. They survive on food they grow and animals they hunt. Every year they have struggled a little bit more to survive. Now, with winter approaching and her father becoming more reckless, Willa wonders if they will live to see spring. She also knows her father will never agree to leave. When her father goes on a hunting expedition by himself, Willa convinces her brothers that they must make the four-day journey down the Yukon River to Fort Yukon to get help. But first, they'll need to survive the treacherous trip . . . all while knowing their father is on their trail. Perfect for middle grade readers looking for adventure stories with strong female protagonists, Lucy Jane Bledsoe's Running Wild is a page-turner that hooks you from the beginning and doesn't let go. A Bank Street Best Book of the Year

Author: Bill Wallace
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743400275
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Chuck is thrilled to have two new playmates, the new gray cat Roscoe and his sister Rikki. But Roscoe and Rikki think dogs are awful -- and Chuck's best friend is Willy, the Rottweiler who saved his life. Willy's wise enough to say, It's okay to have more than one friend, but things aren't quite that simple. Chuck fears he'll end up with no friends at all -- until a happy surprise promises to keep the two best pals together forever.

Author: Boff Whalley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471101819
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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Boff Whalley just likes running - the places it takes him, the moments of exhilaration and snapshots of natural beauty that he adds to his mental album. This is not a man who signs up to big city marathons and pounds the pavements. With his down to earth voice and a great sense of humour, Boff writes about how running brings a real world of discovery and adventure, from reaching the top of a mountain with the sun at your back and moon in front creating two shadows to running up Mt Fuji on a break from work. For Boff, running is about freedom, experiencing of the world, your place in it and generally just enjoying yourself. Running is a way to get back to that simplest of relationships - the one between our feet and the earth.