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Freya has come to visit her grandparents who live on a remote island. Last year she visited them with her brother - but last year her brother died alone in a boating accident. Whilst back on the island, Freya finds a way, with the calming presence of her grandparents and the gentle care and attention of the people around her, to adjust to the fact that her brother has gone, and that life - and love - are still vibrantly in the air. A perfect coming...
22) A line to kill
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Hawthorne and Horowitz volume 3
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and the writer Anthony Horowitz have been invited to a literary festival on the island of Aldernay to talk about their new book. Very soon they discover that dark forces are at work. Aldernay is in turmoil over a planned power line that will cut through it, desecrating a war cemetery and turning neighbour against neighbour. And the visiting authors seem to be harbouring any number of unpleasant secrets. When...
23) The retreat
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Detective Elin Warner volume 2
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English
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An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the English coast, promising rest and relaxation - but the island itself, known locally as Reaper?s Rock, has a dark past. Once the playground of a serial killer, it?s rumoured to be cursed. Then a young woman is found dead below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But Detective Elin Warner soon learns the victim wasn?t a guest - she wasn?t meant to be on the island at all. The...
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Storm Keeper Quartet volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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When Fionn Boyle sets foot on Arranmore Island, it begins to stir beneath his feet ... Once in a generation, Arranmore Island chooses a new Storm Keeper to wield its power and keep its magic safe from enemies. The time has come for Fionn's grandfather, a secretive and eccentric old man, to step down. Soon, a new Keeper will rise. But, deep underground, someone has been waiting for Fionn. As the battle to become the island's next champion rages, a...
25) The gloaming
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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'The best lives leave a mark.' Mara?s island is one of stories and magic, but every story ends in the same way. She will finish her days on the cliff, turned to stone and gazing out at the horizon like all the islanders before her. Mara?s parents - a boxer and a ballerina - chose this enchanted place as a refuge from the turbulence of their previous lives; they wanted to bring up their children somewhere special and safe. But the island and the sea...
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Quirk Books
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Together for the first time, here is the #1New York Timesbest sellerMiss Peregrine's Home for PeculiarChildrenand its two sequels,Hollow Cityand the(newly released)Library of Souls.All three hardcovers are packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase. Also included: a special collector's envelope of twelve peculiar photographs, highlighting the most memorable moments of...
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