This was a really great read. Above any others, this book has helped me understand who's who is Greek mythology. I think the thing that makes it really unique is the illustrations, which were beautiful and helped you really feel the sadness, hilarity or peril of each story. I absolutely LOVED the...
Star-crossed young lovers triumph over religious intolerance, social disgrace and epic historical events in this thrilling sequel London, 1665. Cast out by his father for becoming a Quaker, the newly independent Will travels from the countryside to London to earn a living. He and his beloved Sus...
A young Quaker girl and the son of a wealthy merchant face intolerance and persecution in this gripping historical novel that evokes the passion and idealism of young love."Don't cry. We won't be parted. I promise."It is 1662, and England is reeling from the aftereffects of civil war, with its cl...
1941. London is suffering from the Blitz and the country is gripped by patriotic fervour. Josie finds it hard to understand her brother's decision to be a conscientious objector. But when she moves to a new school and gets drawn into tormenting one of her classmates, Josie learns what it means to...
Continues the adventures of the Dyer family as youngest daughter Doreen becomes jealous of older evacuee Rhoda who comes to stay with the family to escape the World War II bombing of London.
She did not start writing at once, but took time to consider how best the book should be laid out. The blank pages held a promise of pleasure to come.But she did not delay writing to Jem, though she found it difficult because she had never composed a letter before, only brief notes of remedies or...
Neave’s door.Visitors, Mrs. Price had said. It could only be her parents, summoned by Mrs. Neave, come to chastise and humiliate her. Even worse, they would be angry with Mrs. Neave, as Lucy had said. Suppose there was an argument? Her father would be sure to shout. I shan’t be able to bear it, s...
Those bells! They drive me mad!” Alice exclaimed. The church bells rang almost all the time now, to mark the passing of those who had died. Day and night you could hear the plague carts rumbling over the cobbles, the cry of, “Bring out your dead!” and the thump of bodies being flung into the cart...
whispered Lucy, as the girls lay in bed on the evening of Lucy’s arrival. “The priests were in a secret space under the floorboards.” Eliza’s eyes widened. “How do you know?” “I heard Father and Mother talking.” Eliza felt scared, yet excited. Her family was careful never to speak of such things....
The sun was blotted out and a constant rain of debris fell on the campsite. “It feels like the end of the world,” said Thérèse. But when they awoke next morning Master Giraud whispered, “The wind has dropped,” and everyone was filled with hope because it was the wind that had been spreading the f...
First in Culverton and first in the region. It was Mary’s moment of triumph, handing over her winnings to Mum, hearing Uncle Charley tell Mum how good she was with the birds, what a keen eye for form she had. She took advantage of it soon enough. “Those young birds,” she said next Friday. “They w...
“Good morning, Mr Dyer.” He’s just like an adult, Lennie thought, impressed. Dad, by contrast, seemed unusually awkward. He wiped his hand on his trousers before taking Ralph’s. “Pleased to meet you, Ralph.” “Can Ralph see the pigeons?” Lennie asked. “Yes. Yes, of course,” said Dad. He led the wa...