Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep except of course for the Midnight Gang That is when their adventures are just beginning When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital & is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime! The Midnight Gang tells an extraordinarily heartwarming & of course funny story of five children on a hospital ward
- & on a quest for adventure! It is a story of friendship & magic
- & of making dreams come true Readers are set to be utterly spellbound by this heartfelt story that will bring magic to everyone

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Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep except of course for the Midnight Gang That is when their adventures are just beginning When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital & is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime! The Midnight Gang tells an extraordinarily heartwarming & of course funny story of five children on a hospital ward
- & on a quest for adventure! It is a story of friendship & magic
- & of making dreams come true Readers are set to be utterly spellbound by this heartfelt story that will bring magic to everyone

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Jack Reacher takes an aimless stroll past a pawn shop in a small Midwestern town In the window he sees a West Point class ring from 2005 It's tiny It's a woman cadet's graduation present to herself Why would she give it up? Reacher's a West Pointer too & he knows what she went through to get it Reacher tracks the ring back to its owner step by step down a criminal trail leading west Like Big Foot come out of the forest he arrives in the deserted wilds of Wyoming All he wants is to find the woman If she's OK he'll walk away If she's not he'll stop at nothing He's still shaken by the recent horrors of Make Me & now The Midnight Line sees him set on a raw & elemental quest for simple justice Best advice don't get in his way ...

Random House presents the audio edition of The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher 22) by Lee Child read by Jeff Harding Jack Reacher takes an aimless stroll past a pawn shop in a small Midwestern town In the window he sees a West Point class ring from 2005 It's tiny It's a woman cadet's graduation present to herself Why would she give it up? Reacher's a West Pointer too & he knows what she went through to get it Reacher tracks the ring back to its owner step by step down a criminal trail leading west Like Big Foot come out of the forest he arrives in the deserted wilds of Wyoming All he wants is to find the woman If she's OK he'll walk away If she's not he'll stop at nothing He's still shaken by the recent horrors of Make Me & now The Midnight Line sees him set on a raw & elemental quest for simple justice Best advice don't get in his way ...

A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9 years with gorgeous Edwardian period detail Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell's Goth Girl series Enid Blyton & Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike series You are cordially invited to Sinclair's Midnight Peacock Ball! The festive season has come to Sinclair's & Sophie & Lil are spending the holidays at snowy Winter Hall But it turns out that this is no ordinary house party As sinister secrets come to light our intrepid heroines find themselves faced with a more baffling mystery than ever before! With the help of their friends can they uncover the truth in time to foil a truly diabolical plot? Or will Mr Sinclair's New Year's Eve Midnight Peacock Ball spell disaster for the dauntless young detectives? Prepare for shocks & surprises in the thrilling conclusion to the Sinclair's Mysteries! Praise for The Midnight Peacock' Katherine Woodbine brings her tautly plotted Edwardian series The Sinclair's Mysteries to a stylish conclusion in a book filled with deft characterisation & delectable period detail' The Guardian Praise for The Clockwork Sparrow'A wonderful book with a glorious heroine & a true spirit of adventure'
- Katherine Rundell author of Rooftoppers A real page-turner it has murders spies & gangs of thieves Thrilling!'
- Indiana aged 10 years Love Readingfor Kids reviewer' Dastardliness on a big scale is uncovered in this well-plotted evocative novel'
- Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times' It's a dashing plot an atmospheric setting & an extensive & imaginative cast Katherine Woodfine handles it all with aplomb'
- Julia Eccleshare Guardian' An incredible read full of mystery wonder & adventure This is now one of my top ten'
- Celeste age 13 years Love Reading 4 Kids reviewer The Midnight Peacock is the fourth book in the Sinclair's Mysteries quartet The other two books are the bestselling The Clockwork Sparrow The Jewelled Moth & The Painted Dragon Katherine Woodfine is a true champion of children's literature Until 2015 she was Arts Project Manager for Booktrust where she project-managed the Children's Laureateship & YALC the UK's first Young Adult Literature Convention curated by Malorie Blackman She is part of the founding team at Down the Rabbit Hole a monthly show for Resonance FM discussing children's literature Katherine blogs at followtheyellowcouk She lives in London




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Shortlisted for the Epic Novel award in the Romantic Novelists Association Books Awards A lifelong passion An endless search Spanning four generations The Midnight Rose by Lucinda Riley sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England following the extraordinary life of a girl Anahita Chavan from 1911 to the present day In the heyday of the British Raj eleven-year-old Anahita from a noble but impoverished family forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira the privileged daughter of rich Indian royalty Becoming the princess's official companion Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of the Great War There she meets the young Donald Astbury
- reluctant heir to the magnificent remote Astbury Estate
- & his scheming mother Eighty years later Rebecca Bradley a young American film star has the world at her feet But when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn she's relieved that her latest role playing a 1920s debutante will take her away from the glare of publicity to the wilds of Dartmoor in England Shortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling Astbury Hall Ari Malik Anahita's great-grandson arrives unexpectedly on a quest for his family's past What he & Rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the Astbury dynasty

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The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from Marie Lu There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world & the darkness had a queen Adelina Amouteru is done suffering She's turned her back on those who have betrayed her & achieved the ultimate revenge victory Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one but the darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control threatening to destroy everything When a new danger appears Adelina must join the Daggers on a perilous quest in order to save herself & preserve her empire But this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger ...

It&s summer in the big forest & the rabbit children are looking forward to their first Midsummer party Owl who knows everything says Midsummer is a time for dancing love & magic What a fun time they will have! Then a terrible storm sweeps through the forest & the woodland animals must find shelter at Grump the tomte&s cottage Will the magic of Midsummer help restore harmony to the forest in time for the party? This follow-up to The Yule Tomte & the Little Rabbits is an enchanting story in twenty-one chapters which can be read through June to conclude on Midsummer&s Day Ulf Stark masterfully weaves together drama & comedy to create a heartfelt & truly magical story Award-winning illustrator Eva Eriksson brings the charming characters to life with delightful seasonal artwork ...

In the sleepy English village of Midwich a mysterious silver object appears & all the inhabitants fall unconscious A day later the object is gone & everyone awakens unharmed
- except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant The resultant children of Midwich do not belong to their parents all are blonde all are golden eyed They grow up too fast & their minds exhibit frightening abilities that give them control over others & brings them into conflict with the villagers just as a chilling realisation dawns on the world outside The Midwich Cuckoos is the classic tale of aliens in our midst exploring how we respond when confronted by those who are innately superior to us in every conceivable way
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' Our childhood came to an end when our parents parted & from then on Jennifer was placed in the impossible position of having to be a parent to me her sister I shall always be grateful for her protection ' Millions have fallen in love with Jennifer Worth & her experiences in the East End as chronicled in Call the Midwife but little is known about her life outside this period Now in this moving & evocative memoir Jennifer's sister Christine takes us from their early idyllic years to the cruelty & neglect they suffered after their parents divorced from Jennifer being forced to leave home at fourteen to their training as nurses After leaving nursing Jennifer took up a career in music her first love & Christine became a sculptor but through marriages & children joy & heartbreak their lives remained intertwined Absorbing & emotional The Midwife's Sister by Christine Lee is testimony to an enduring bond between two extraordinary women ...