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Be strong, my Abela. These are the last words of Abela''s mother in their HIV/Aids stricken African village, where it seems that to live or to die, to be sick or to be healthy, is just a matter of chance. It takes all Abela''s strength to survive her Uncle Thomas''s scheming to get to Europe, but what will be her fate as an illegal immigrant? I don''t want a sister or brother, thinks Rosa in England, when her mother tells her that she wants to adopt a child. Could these two girls ever become sisters? Is there room in Rosa''s family for an African orphan haunted by lions? Is there room in their hearts?

Here is a collection of the most powerful and wonderful stories from the Old Testament, retold by award-winning author Berlie Doherty and illustrated by Jason Cockcroft. More than forty stories reveal the lives of memorable Biblical characters across the generations including Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Ruth, Saul, and David.

One night Harry and his dog follow the mysterious midnight man on his silent-hooved horse through the streets and to the edge of the moors before being returned home by the moon.

Rachel invites her entire class for a ride on the family barge pulled by Snowy, the horse.

This text is an illustrated retelling of the classic fairy tale.

This is the story about a close-knit family living in an isolated farming community and the changes they have to face. Jeannie, the teenage daughter falls in love for the first time and must decide between her loyalty to the farm and her desire to see the world beyond it.

Tricky Nelly Nickleby and Billy the Bamboozler are always playing tricks on each other. So when Nelly asks for a pretty feather hat for her birthday, Billy comes up with a crafty plan to give her what she wants - and more. But Nelly has plans of her own to make him look like a silly Billy

Y de pronto, el mundo se ilumin Para Laura. Vio el cielo de estrellas. Vio a la criatura, con pelo blanco plateado y un cuerno de n car entre sus ojos azul cielo. y vio a los peludos hombres bestias que sonre an desde las sombras." m ntalo!", le dijo la anciana mujer bestia a Laura. "Encantacornio te necesita, Genteni a."

Morag''s family have an island -- Wild Island -- remote and uninhabited. They holiday there each year and Ellie is excited to be going too. But when Morag falls ill and Ellie finds herself alone on the island, day after day, she begins to sense another presence. Ellie notices small changes to her paintings... and when she''s lost a fire lights her way home -- is it just her fevered imagination? Or is there someone in the lighthouse? Is Ellie not alone on the island?

Bella has a secret - one that she is very good at keeping. The secret is a den, hidden among trees on a muddy slope. Nearby, some foxes have a den of their own. But when the secret is betrayed, the foxes'' lives are put in danger, and so is a special friendship.

Helen se queda embarazada de Chris por accidente. Decide escribir sus dudas a Querido Nadie, el niño que nacerá dentro de nueve meses. Estas cartas le sirven para desahogarse y olvidarse de todas las complicaciones que surgen en su vida de repente.

"Beautifully crafted by Carnegie Medal winner Berlie Doherty, this enchanting re-telling of Repunzel is lavishly illustrated by Jane Ray - a timeless classic to treasure forever."--Back cover.

Authentic retellings of twelve familiar and well-loved fairy tales, gorgeously illustrated. With a poet''s ear and deep respect for the magic at the heart of our most resonant fairy tales, acclaimed author Berlie Doherty casts a sumptuous spell. Her masterful and authentic retellings of twelve treasured tales are well-matched by Jane Ray''s evocative illustrations. Teeming with rich colors, golden trim patterns, silhouettes, and symbols, these pictures—like the timeless stories they interpret—are to be pored over and cherished. Come back to CINDERELLA, SNOW WHITE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE FROG PRINCE, and eight other beloved tales. Enter a haunting world of magic and enchantment.

A sparkling collection of poems from Twice-Carnegie Award winning author Berlie Doherty. These poems will make you laugh and make you cry. They tell you what it is to be you. They look into your secrets. They look into your dreams! Enter a world where fish swim in the sky and shimmer like stars. Visit the valley of the village of secrets, Run away with the circus school. Meet dodos, iguanas, hobgoblins and dragons, But watch out for killer plants and the terrifying Boggart! Praise for Berlie Doherty The Company of Ghosts Doherty''s superb control of her material and her beautiful use of language have never been more perfectly combined than in this genuinely chilling ghost story ... Eerily atmospheric, emotionally authentic, this is a powerful and touching coming-of-age adventure with romance at its heart'' Daily Mail Daughter of the Sea ''Tension, emotional honesty and more than a touch of cold northern poetry as well'' Philip Pullman Deep Secret - Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Fiction Award ''Beautifully written and compulsively readable, a must for young teens.'' Independent Dear Nobody - Winner of Carnegie Medal and turned into stage production and BBC Drama ''Quite simply outstanding'' Independent Abela ''Abela is a character who leaps out of the pages and with whom every child who reads the book will identify. Doherty''s enormously impressive achievement is to make adult subjects ... understandable for young readers without once talking down to them. She transports us to both Sheffield and Africa... It is an involving, moving and above all, relevant novel that ought to be in every school library in the land and put into the hands of as many children as possible.'' Adele Geras, the Guardian Street Child ''An exciting, moving story of the appalling conditions of Victorian London and the deprivation suffered by those who often, through no fault of their own lived lives of abject poverty and danger'' Books for Keeps

Set in rural Ireland and later in Venice, ''Requiem'' is the powerful and haunting story of a young woman''s search for self-fulfilment as she struggles against both the love of her close Irish family and the seductive discipline of her convent upbringing.

In this retelling of a traditional Arab folklore, "three princes are all desperate to win the love of Princess Halima, and a challenge is set by her father to find the most beautiful, magical gift they can find. But when disaster strikes, will they be magical enough?"--Publisher marketing.

Features a poem, taking readers on a fantasy journey, raising a shiver or two on the way, but returning them safe and sound in the morning.

When she moves with her parents to a new home far away, Willa is convinced that she''ll never have friends again until she meets Old Miss Annie who introduces her to a lonely goat, a forgotten pony, and an orphaned fox.

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Eté 1946, dans un village anglais... Madeleine et Grace, quinze ans, sont sœurs jumelles. Impossible de les distinguer, si ce n''est par la couleur d''un ruban dans leurs cheveux ! Aussi, lorsque Grace meurt dans un accident, il est aisé pour Madeleine de se faire passer pour sa sœur. Est-ce une façon d''échapper au chagrin ? Mais ce lourd secret, comme un aimant, fait resurgir les fantômes du passé... Un roman sensible et profond sur l''apprentissage difficile de la vie et sur la force du souvenir, une histoire empreinte d''émotion et de poésie, et porteuse d''espoir.

LA VIE EST FACILE ET LEGERE POUR CHRIS ET HELLEN. ILS S''AIMENT. QUAND HELLEN DECOUVRE QU''ELLE EST ENCEINTE, ELLE N''A QUE SEIZE ANS. L''UNIVERS BASCULE. A qui parler, que faut-il faire ? Elle entreprend de se confier à cet être qui prend peu à peu possession de sa vie, de son corps. Un inconnu qu''elle rejette puis apprend à accepter. Son rapport aux autres se transforme, ses certitudes sont ébranlées. Un sujet essentiel, un ton juste, des personnages bouleversants.