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Land of Roar volume 1
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The first in a new children's fantasy adventure series, full of imagination, humour and heart, and with echoes of Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Neverending Story and Jumanji. The Land of Roar is perfect for children aged 8 to 12, and can sit on their bookshelf next to Nevermoor, Wizards of Once and How to Train Your Dragon. Readers can bring their fantasy world to life and meet dragons, unicorns, mermaids and more in this beautifully illustrated...
2) Ghost rescue
Author
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
An epic and exciting adventure for listeners 8+ by the author of the bestselling Land of Roar series. Perfect for fans of BBC?s Ghosts! Sid Jones has always known she is different, but after accidentally freeing a 300-year-old pirate ghost (using a gel pen and a chocolate bar), Sid realises that she has actual MAGIC! Sid starts to use her magic to free more ghosts, who have all been trapped by the sinister innkeeper. But then a mysterious sickness...
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Series
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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The second book in the laugh-out-loud cartoon-filled adventure series for 7+ readers, featuring the world?s funniest fairy, from the bestselling author of The Land of Roar. Perfect for fans of Loki, Tom Gates and Wimpy KidRidiculously funny and packed full of cartoons on every page!Before you read my diary here is some stuff you need to know: 1 I?m 11 years old 2 I love drawing cartoons 3 I have two pet rats called Tony and Noah. 4 I also have a FAIRY...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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In the autumn of 1936, some 200 men from the Tyneside town of Jarrow marched the 300 miles to London in protest against the destruction of their town and industries. Precisely 80 years on, Stuart Maconie retraces the route of this emblematic English journey, romantically dubbed the Jarrow Crusade, to chart how much Britain has changed since.
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Poppy Denby investigates volume 1
Language
English
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Introducing Poppy Denby, a young journalist in London during the Roaring Twenties, investigating crime in the highest social circles.
Author
Publisher
Corvus
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Poppy Penfold desperately wants a career in television. After months of dead-end applications, she gets her big break with a temporary job as a runner for RealiTV. But to land a permanent role, Poppy will need to go head-to-head with fellow runner Rhidian: arrogant, highly competitive - and ridiculously good looking. Poppy goes all out to impress, but somehow things don't go to plan. Whether failing to prevent a washed-up soap star from becoming roaring...
Author
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
All of these pubs get the basics right: they focus on the beer (though the food and wine may also be excellent) and on conversation rather than piped music. They may have a roaring fire in winter and a pleasant beer garden in summer. You can probably bring your dog. Above all, they have a notable character that raises them above the bland corporate pubs that blight the land. It can be hard to say exactly why - but you just know a good pub the moment...
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Series
The Temeraire volume 2
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Captain William Laurence of the British Air Corps and his dragon, Temeraire, begin their slow voyage to China, fearful that upon landing they will be forced to part by Imperial decree. Temeraire is a Celestial dragon, the most highly-prized of all draconic breeds; famed for their intelligence, agility and most of all for the Divine Wind - their terrible roar capable of shattering the heavy timbers of war ships, shattering woodland and destroying other...
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Language
English
Description
When 5-year-old Michael Chaplin landed in a strange city of ships� in the late 1950s, he looked in vain for something that would anchor him to it, make him feel at home. Then, one Saturday afternoon, it came: the roar of a crowd, and a football team to support. Young Michael became an avid Newcastle United fan, and has remained one-if sometimes disenchanted-for over sixty years. In this football memoir with a difference, the celebrated playwright...
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