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Author : Polly Faber
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571357903
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book Cat written by Polly Faber and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a classic wartime tale of a (real!) cat who made his home at the Faber offices and decided he'd never leave. 'This time we need to get you - get all of the kittens, safe out of London,' said Morgan decisively . . . 'To have a chance for a better life, well, let's just say, I've got an idea.' Morgan is a young orphan who lives off scavenging - until he finds a cosy home at a famous London publishing house. Over time he learns a trade - and soon becomes the very best book cat in the business. And then the Blitz begins. Morgan finds himself training up twenty odd kittens to be book cats, and then there is the small matter of secretly evacuating them out of London. Happily, Morgan has a plan. Set in war-torn London, charmingly illustrated, and full of heart and verve. 'Charming.' Sunday Times 'A sweet feline twist on the classic evacuee story.' The Guardian 'A delightful book.' Books for Keeps

Author : Anna Jacobs
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444714457
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Polly written by Anna Jacobs and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2001-09-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no love like a mother's for her child . . . Little Billy, Polly's son, is the light of her life. It's for his sake that she puts up with an unkind mother-in-law and life on an isolated farm. When Billy is knocked down by a car, his father is killed attempting to save his life, and Polly, cast off by her husband's family, is left with a child who may never walk or talk again. Polly turns to her own family, the Kershaws, for support, but they are unable to outmaneuver the malicious Dr Browning-Baker, who is determined to have Billy taken away from his mother, depriving him of the exercises and stimulation that are his only hope. Forced to flee to the Fylde coast, Polly and Billy find that their future may lie with another damaged family - an ex-Army captain whose First World War marriage was a terrible mistake, and his daughter, who has never recovered from the hostility of the mother she loves. But danger threatens their fragile happiness . . . ******************* What readers are saying about OUR POLLY 'Yet another great story by the wonderful Anna Jacobs . . . so realistic' - 5 stars 'I could not put it down' - 5 stars 'Once again Anna has excelled, a fabulous story with great characters. A definite page turner. Make sure you have your tissues ready!' - 5 stars

Author : Polly Crosby
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488058962
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Hidden Wonders written by Polly Crosby and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming, deeply imaginative debut novel about a young girl who is immortalized in her father’s illustrated books containing clues to their family secrets. Romilly Kemp and her eccentric painter father have happy but sheltered lives in a ramshackle mansion in the English countryside. When her father finds fame with a series of children’s books starring Romilly as the main character, everything changes: exotic foods appear on the table, her father appears on TV and strangers appear at their door, convinced the books will lead them to a precious prize. But as time passes, Romilly’s father becomes increasingly suspicious of the outside world until, before her eyes, he begins to disappear within himself. She returns to his illustrations, looking for a way to connect with her ailing father, and finds a series of clues he’s left just for her. This treasure hunt doesn’t lead her to gold or jewels, but something worth far more—a shocking secret that is crucial to understanding her family. Written with tremendous heart and charisma, The Book of Hidden Wonders is an unforgettable story about growing up, facing mortality and discovering the hidden wonders that make us who we are.

Author : Anna Jacobs
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1444714457
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Polly written by Anna Jacobs and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2001-09-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no love like a mother's for her child . . . Little Billy, Polly's son, is the light of her life. It's for his sake that she puts up with an unkind mother-in-law and life on an isolated farm. When Billy is knocked down by a car, his father is killed attempting to save his life, and Polly, cast off by her husband's family, is left with a child who may never walk or talk again. Polly turns to her own family, the Kershaws, for support, but they are unable to outmaneuver the malicious Dr Browning-Baker, who is determined to have Billy taken away from his mother, depriving him of the exercises and stimulation that are his only hope. Forced to flee to the Fylde coast, Polly and Billy find that their future may lie with another damaged family - an ex-Army captain whose First World War marriage was a terrible mistake, and his daughter, who has never recovered from the hostility of the mother she loves. But danger threatens their fragile happiness . . . ******************* What readers are saying about OUR POLLY 'Yet another great story by the wonderful Anna Jacobs . . . so realistic' - 5 stars 'I could not put it down' - 5 stars 'Once again Anna has excelled, a fabulous story with great characters. A definite page turner. Make sure you have your tissues ready!' - 5 stars

Author : Daisy Meadows
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545221722
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polly the Party Fun Fairy written by Daisy Meadows and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polly the Party Fun Fairy tries to find her magic party bag that was stolen by Jack Frost's goblins before Rachel and Kirsty's picnic is ruined.

Author : Polly Horvath
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 0823447855
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pine Island Home written by Polly Horvath and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four sisters search for true family in this story of resilience by a Newbery Honor author. When the McCready sisters' parents are washed away in a tsunami, their Great Aunt Martha volunteers to have them live with her on Pine Island in British Columbia. But while they are traveling there, Martha dies unexpectedly, forcing Fiona, the eldest, to come up with a scheme to keep social services from separating the girls - a scheme that will only work if no one knows they are living on their own. Fiona approaches their grouchy and indifferent neighbor Al and asks if he will pretend to be their live-in legal guardian should papers need to be signed or if anyone comes snooping around. He reluctantly agrees, under the condition that they bring him dinner every night. As weeks pass, Fiona takes on more and more adult responsibilities, while each of the younger girls finds their own special role in their atypical family. But even if things seem to be falling into place, Fiona is sure it's only a matter of time before they are caught. Written in Polly Horvath's inimitable style, gentle humor and tough obstacles are woven throughout this story about the bonds of sisterhood and what makes a family. Don’t miss the sequel, Pine Island Visitors, which Kirkus Reviews described as “terrifically entertaining” in a starred review. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year

Author : Kathy Hepinstall
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399562117
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Polly written by Kathy Hepinstall and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, Joshilyn Jackson, and Fannie Flagg, with a touch of Terms of Endearment A laugh-out-loud funny yet poignant novel about a daughter determined not only to keep her mother among the living but to find out the secrets of her long-buried past Willow Havens is ten years old and obsessed with the fear that her mother will die. Her mother, Polly, is a cantankerous, take-no-prisoners Southern woman who lives to shoot varmints, drink margaritas, and antagonize the neighbors--and she sticks out like a sore thumb among the young, modern mothers of their small conventional Texas town. She was in her late fifties when Willow was born, so Willow knows she's here by accident, a late-life afterthought. Willow's father died before she was born, her much older brother and sister are long grown and gone and failing elsewhere: it's just her and her bigger-than-life mom, Polly. Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and Polly has her own secrets that she won't reveal. Why did she leave her hometown of Bethel, Louisiana, fifty years ago and vow never to return after a mysterious and terrible incident? Who is Garland Jones, her long-ago suitor who possibly killed a man? And will Polly be able to outrun The Bear, the illness that finally puts her on a collision course with her closely guarded past and a final trip back to Bethel that will end with them, like Huck Finn, riding a river raft back home? THE BOOK OF POLLY has a kick like the best hot sauce, and a great blend of humor and sadness, pathos and hilarity. This is a bittersweet novel about the grip of love in a truly quirky family and you'll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos you've ever met.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Young Folks written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Thorndike Angell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.CA/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Dumb Animals written by George Thorndike Angell and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tricia Bennett
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1616389311
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trouble With Polly Brown written by Tricia Bennett and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in a real English castle sounds so enchanting and magical, but for Polly Brown, a well-meaning yet often misunderstood young orphan girl, the cruel reality of life behind these castle walls is anything but, as she spends her days in misery under the beady eyes of the Scumberrys, her cruel guardians.