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English
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Reading Well: Shelf Help for young people
Reading Well: Shelf Help for young people eBooks
Disability Pride Fiction
Reading Well: Shelf Help for young people
Reading Well: Shelf Help for young people eBooks
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A murder mystery like no other, this novel features Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. When he finds a neighbour's dog murdered, he sets out on a journey which will turn his whole world upside down.
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A 30-stone man is confined to his living room. One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. Another is saved from drowning. Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox, and a group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size, deep in the Amazon jungle. Here, Mark Haddon demonstrates two things: first that he is a master of the short form, and second that his imagination...
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Publisher
Cornerstone Digital
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
'The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher...
4) The porpoise
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English
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A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash. She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world. When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail. So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Children's
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Years ago there was a boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility. He borrowed books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the moon and walk where he had dreamed of walking.
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
After his mother's death, Richard decides to build bridges with his estranged sister, inviting Angela and her family for a week in a rented house on the Welsh border. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks are in order, but in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up.