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Brann is a novice healer-priest who can't heal anything. Try as he might, he cannot make the necessary connection with the god. His frustration leads him to take up the king's quest which thrusts him into adventures destined to change his life forever.

Eleanor must seek employment now that her parents and most of her siblings are killed by Scarlet Fever. Her new job takes her to New Zealand, and she meets a kindred spirit on the ship taking them to the new colony. Her hopes of a future with her new love are dashed when they must disembark at different ports 500 miles and a deep channel apart. The transport available in 1900 in the new country makes this an almost insurmountable challenge. When Eleanor's employer is elected to parliament,...

The pictures in Ella's house are changing overnight and she sits up to investigate. She falls into a whirlwind adventure with her brother and their friends, Hannah and Toby. Chased through a series of pictures by the Continuity Police, the four will meet themselves and be driven into a desperate race against time.Suitable for 8-11 years.

Angry and frustrated since the deaths of his parents and brother, Jase is struggling with foster care and life in general, only finding release in shooting aliens and alien spaceships in the arcade games. Meeting a real alien there changes his life forever. Suitable for ages 8-13

Hannah's hairdresser is a robot in disguise. He is hiding from kidnappers who want to turn him into an industrial spy. But without his maintenance programs he is starting to fall apart.Hannah involves her brother Toby in fixing Frizz and getting him back out of sight. But then Toby is kidnapped.In this adventure the four are against a gang of ruthless crooks. Time, too, is against them as Frizz gradually becomes more and more helpless.Suitable for 8-11.

Joe's father has been missing for eleven months in an alternate reality. Joe goes after him, but can he defeat the evil Bugface in time and bring his father home?Suitable for 8-11 years.

Eleanor must seek employment now that her parents and most of her siblings are killed by Scarlet Fever. Her new job takes her to New Zealand, and she meets a kindred spirit on the ship taking them to the new colony. Her hopes of a future with her new love are dashed when they must disembark at different ports 500 miles and a deep channel apart. The transport available in 1900 in the new country makes this an almost insurmountable challenge. When Eleanor's employer is elected to parliament,...

A Language of Freedom and Teacher’s Authority: Case Comparisons from Turkey and the United States explores dimensions of authority that are deeply embedded in the profession of teaching. It examines critical dimensions of the foundations of Turkish and U.S. public education, both of which are under new pressures due to changes in the relationship between public schooling and current reforms in education. The contributors reflect on varied dimensions of authority, of which ideals are shifti...

Hannah's new house has recycled windows. One is from the exploration spaceship, the ISS Apex, which mysteriously abandoned the crew on its last mission.The window has seen - and recorded - the whole journey. Can Hannah and friends decode the window's message and rescue the abandoned astronauts in time?Suitable for 9-12 years.

Catch up on Mildred Hubble’s magical adventures at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches with these reissued editions featuring energetic new covers.Mildred is back in trouble thanks to the new girl, Enid Nightshade, who isn’t as well behaved as she appears. The more Mildred tries to stay out of trouble, the more she finds herself in horrible situations. What can the disaster-prone worst witch do?

From debut author Daniel Abraham comes A Shadow in Summer, the first book in the Long Price Quartet fantasy series.The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit, Seedless, an andat bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, a juggernaut of an empire committed to laying waste to all lands with their ferocious army. Sarayke...

At Myrtle House, the twin beds have never been so busy...The irrepressible Russell 'Buffy' Buffery has upped sticks from London and moved to a decrepit B&B in rural Wales. He needs to fill the beds, and what better way than with 'Courses for Divorces', his new money-making wheeze.Those checking in include: Harold, whose wife has run off with a younger woman; Amy, who's been unexpectedly dumped by her (not-so) weedy boyfriend and Andy, the hypochondriac postman whose girlfri...