Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters Payton & Ani have grown up in the hospital of King Jude's.  Payton wants to be a methic like her father, working on a cure for her mother's sleeping fever. Ani, however, thinks the remedy for all illness might be found in the green wilderness beyond the hospital walls. When Ani stumbles upon an imprisoned boy who turns everything he touches to gold, her world is turned upside-down. The girls find themselves outside the hospital for the first time, a dark mystery unravelling... The first teen novel from Angharad Walker, author of critically-acclaimed The Ash House Angharad's writing evokes the clever, unique world-building & philosophical themes of Pullman's His Dark Materials while remaining startlingly original. The story follows two sisters in a London-inspired city full of fantastical illness & sprawling, gothic hospitals where dark secrets linger beneath the surface. Product Information:  •†ISBN:†9781912626984... ...

At the heart of Once Upon a Hill are the author's grandparents, Jack & Kate, whose sedate old age belies the turmoil of their early life together, & apart
- they had to wait ten years to marry. For Glenn Patterson trying to make sense of this small-town life in a family dominated by a formidable matriarch becomes a detective story written against the reluctance of surviving family members to talk & the simple erosion of memory. It becomes, too, a revelation of how much his own life
- not least his own mixed marriage
- has been shaped by events decades before he was born. So Once Upon a Hill is part memoir, part all-of-themoir. It is the story of what happens when history tries to squeeze itself into a town of ten thousand people, most of them related somewhere down the line. It is about the consequences of violence & the conditions required for love to survive. It is a story of frailty, fortitude, & finally forgiveness.* * With footnotes.


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Once again Genevieve Miller taps a wide range of contributors from knitwear designers to students to create a collection of 30 wearables, accessories & toys that can be knit for adults or kids.

Inspired by the recent resurgence of fairy tale & fantasy characters, these projects draw from traditionally storybook tales as well as popular television shows.

Projects range from a Big Bad Wolf Hat to Grimm Stockings & a stuffed Dragon Hatchling.

This paperback book has 144 pages & measures: 22.9 x 18.9 x 1cm





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This little book was written for all children everywhere, & for the inner child in grown-ups too! The story tells of the very real experience the author had as a small child one cold & snowy Christmas Eve, when she decided she would like to meet Father Christmas when he arrived at her house on his sleigh to fill her stocking with treats. ...

A girl with a gun fights for survival in the American wilderness, in a tale that will enthral fans of The Hunger Games & True Grit. After the violent death of her father, in which she is complicit, Margo takes to the Stark River in her boat, with only a few supplies & a biography of Annie Oakley, in search of her vanished mother. But the river, Margos childhood paradise, is a dangerous place for a young woman travelling alone, & she must be strong to survive, using her knowledge of the natural world & her ability to look unsparingly into the hearts of those around her. Her river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation & to deciding what price she is willing to pay for her choices. ...

When a young Texan balloonist, Lee Scoresby, comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in an out-&-out political brawl. Lee & his daemon, Hester, find themselves the targ ...

Eva should not be alive. She should have been separated from her sister soul Addie – but instead they are a fugitive hybrid, on the run from the government.

Joining an underground resistance movement, they are drawn deeper into the escalating violence.

Meanwhile Eva is falling further for fellow fugitive Ryan – but clashing with Addie over their shared body. Faced with incredible danger, will Eva & Addie be torn apart forever?

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780007490363
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Kat Zhang
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Pages: 342
• Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2cm











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Presents the story of Jool's struggle with a succession of characters who invade his mind. But, he ends up committed to a psychiatric hospital, where he faces the ultimate challenge
- to achieve the state known as the One. This novel attempts to take the reader inside the mind of a person suffering the torments of schizophrenia.
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Learn to count to ten in this hilarious new rhyming picture book series from the bestselling authors of George's Amazing Adventures & the illustrator of the award-winning Mr Pusskins! ONE banana, TWO bananas, THREE bananas, FOUR... Join in the simple, catchy rhyme in this madcap counting adventure. Featuring bananas in pyjamas, a llama panorama, an inflatable banana boat & lots of other nonsense that children will love. With a catchy counting rhythm, this is a great way to help children learn to count in a fun, accessible way.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780008617196 •†Author:†  Adam & Charlotte Guillain •†Publisher:†  Egmont •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:† 24.5 x 0.2 x 27.5 cm ...

On a remote South Pacific island paradise, an elderly tribesman is translating Hamlet into local Pidgin English. Much to his annoyance, he is interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. William Hardt is an American lawyer, he has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder & has come to help. & from that moment on, nothing will ever be the same. ...