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(0)Laura Carlin
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible. When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious...
Author
Publisher
Lamplight Large Print Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity - but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund,...
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Travelling to the West Bank to witness how life is for Palestinians and Jews living in the shadow of a dividing wall, journalist Max strikes up a friendship with a Palestinian boy, Said. As Max is welcomed as a guest, he learns of the terrible events in the family's past and begins to understand why Said no longer speaks.
4) The promise
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
On a mean street in a mean city, a thief tries to snatch an old woman's bag. But she finds she can't have it without promising something in return - to 'plant them all'. When it turns out the bag is full of acorns, the young thief embarks on a journey that changes her own life and the lives of others for generations to come.