A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 2013 ' An extraordinary & peculiarly haunting novel' Chris Cleave author of The Other Hand My name is Judith Mc Pherson. I am ten years old. On Monday a miracle happened. Judith doesn't have much. The house she shares with her devoutly religious father is full of dusty relics reminders of the mother Judith never knew. Bullied at school she finds comfort in creating a miniature world in her bedroom
- a world of wonder she calls The Land of Decoration. Perhaps she thinks if she makes it snow in The Land of Decoration there will be no school on Monday. Sure enough when Judith opens her curtains the next day the world beyond her window has turned white. & that's when her troubles begin.
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1982. The Falklands War. Young SAS trooper Mark Black risks his life to capture an Argentine girl spy. To knock out enemy bombers a daring mission is planned against a fortified airbase on Tierra del Fuego the remote tip of the South American mainl&. Black & his fellow SAS are sent in ahead to reconnoitre. Detected by the enemy they must fight their way out... Twenty years on & an Argentine military junta is returned to power. They determine to reinvade the Falkland Islands. Now a senior NCO Black is back in the South Atlantic haunted by memories he thought he had buried. British air defences have been knocked out in a sneak attack. Once again Argentine forces are being secretly readied for an assault on the Islands. A team from the crack SAS Mountain Troop is inserted by submarine. But has the mission been compromised from the start? When fate throws Black together with a girl from his past he is faced with a conflict of loyalties. Can he trust her now? & can they escape in time to destroy the enemy bombers & prevent all-out war? Land Of Fire is another non-stop palm-pounding thriller from the established master of the genre. ...

1982. The Falklands War. Young SAS trooper Mark Black risks his life to capture an Argentine girl spy. To knock out enemy bombers a daring mission is planned against a fortified airbase on Tierra del Fuego the remote tip of the South American mainl&. Black & his fellow SAS are sent in ahead to reconnoitre. Detected by the enemy they must fight their way out... Twenty years on & an Argentine military junta is returned to power. They determine to reinvade the Falkland Islands. Now a senior NCO Black is back in the South Atlantic haunted by memories he thought he had buried. British air defences have been knocked out in a sneak attack. Once again Argentine forces are being secretly readied for an assault on the Islands. A team from the crack SAS Mountain Troop is inserted by submarine. But has the mission been compromised from the start? When fate throws Black together with a girl from his past he is faced with a conflict of loyalties. Can he trust her now? & can they escape in time to destroy the enemy bombers & prevent all-out war? Land Of Fire is another non-stop palm-pounding thriller from the established master of the genre. ...

This much loved comic adventure story has magical characters & a gripping plot for all the family to enjoy. When Prince Abu Ali son of Aladdin is born his destiny has already been foretold: he is the one that has been chosen to break the spell of the mysterious land of Green Ginger. His quest brings him in contact with flying carpets button-nosed tortoises magic phoenix birds
- & two very villainous princes. This title contains original Edward Ardizzone illustrations throughout.
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Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescus reign of terror The Land of Green Plums" tells the story of a group of young students each of whom has left the impoverished provinces in search of better prospects in the city. It is a profound illustration of a totalitarian state which comes to inhabit every aspect of life; to the extent that everyone event the strongest must either bend to the oppressors or resist them & perish." ...

THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla her mate Jondalar & their little daughter Jonayla taking readers on a journey of discovery & adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother & her training to become a Zelandoni
- one of the Ninth Cave communitys spiritual leaders & healers. Once again Jean Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills & appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived thousands of years ago rendering the terrain dwelling places longings beliefs creativity & daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as todays news.
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THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla her mate Jondalar & their little daughter Jonayla taking readers on a journey of discovery & adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother & her training to become a Zelandoni
- one of the Ninth Cave community's spiritual leaders & healers. Once again Jean Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills & appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived thousands of years ago rendering the terrain dwelling places longings beliefs creativity & daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as today's news.
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Alex & Conner Bailey's world is about to change... Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories twins Alex & Connor leave their world behind & find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder & magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. But after a series of encounters with witches wolves goblins & trolls alike getting back home is going to be harder than they thought. ...

Alex & Conner Bailey's world is about to change. When the twins' grandmother gives them a treasured fairy-tale book they have no idea they're about to enter a land beyond all imagining: the Land of Stories where fairy tales are real. But as Alex & Conner soon discover the stories they know so well haven't ended in this magical land
- Goldilocks is now a wanted fugitive Red Riding Hood has her own kingdom & Queen Cinderella is about to become a mother! The twins know they must get back home somehow. But with the legendary Evil Queen hot on their trail will they ever find the way? The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell brings readers on a thrilling quest filled with magic spells laugh-out-loud humour & page-turning adventure.
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You wake in the dark gagged & bound. A man visits you feeds you. & tells you that he will kill you
- just like all the rest. Abbie
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