Jack's little sister Susie is very annoying and the Secret Seven are furios when she forms a rival club. But is Susie wicked enough to have stolen some money?
The SEven are desperate to help Tolly and his sick horse, Brownie. But where can they hide an old man and his horse? And can they protect Brownie from thieves?
A car is stolen - Peter and Janet witness the theft! Now the Seven are on the trail of a dangerous gang.
Something of a landmark ...... exuberant and absorbing ...... a bold and important work. (This )is the first novel I know of that successfully renders an Arab, Egyptian Muslim reality in English A tour de force." - Leila Ahmed, Washington Post Book world. Set amidst the turmoil of contemporary Middle Eastern polities, this marvelously vivid novel by Egyptian journalist is an intimate look i…
'Your mother, Esther, was your disgrace and you are hers'rnThese words were Esther's earliest memory. But who was Esther's mother? What was the disgrace? And why did the ghost walk at chesney wold?
A young girl, a winged horse, and a war of epic proportions make for an adventurous start to an exciting new trilogy.rnrnWhen Pegasus crashes onto a Manhattan roof during a terrible storm, Emily’s life changes forever. Suddenly allied with a winged horse she’d always thought was mythical, Emily is thrust into the center of a fierce battle between the Roman gods and a terrifying race of mult…
From the moment he wakes up, every saecond of Phileas Fogg's life is planned precisely. That us untul he puts both his fortune and his reputation on the line by accepting a wager to circle the globe in a mere 80 days. Hop onboard with Phileas and his butler, Passepartout, as steamships, a bridge jumping train, a wind-propelled sled, and even elephants carry them on a perilous race. Will the pai…
A delightful and romantic story set in 1922. Unhappy and restless in rain-soaked London, four very different women answer an advertisement in The Times Newspaper to rent a medieval castle for the month of April in Italy. There, amidst the sunshine and flowers, they discover happiness.
Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts begins, and it feels like a reassuring place to return to after the strange events of the summer. Disappearances, merder an ominous chilling mist which swirls through both the Muggle and wizarding worlds are harbingers of more sinister purpose. Voldemort's army is swelling, and with it the Death Easters are growing bolder and more deadly. Suspicions are rife, and …
Generous-hearted, smaartly comic, and wickedly insightful. The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expetition through the perilous terrain of sex, love. relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workpalace. What is love, she