Irish orphan boy

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 17 working days About a Boy is Nick Hornby's comic and heart-warming million-copy bestseller 'How cool was Will Freeman?'Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy.Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will - and won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up?This astonishing novel, now a modern classic, was adapted for the acclaimed 2002 film About A Boy, starring Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult. Fans of One Day by David Nicholls and Any Human Heart by William Boyd will devour this book, as will lovers of fiction everywhere.'A stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-one-day, forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping' Marie Claire'About the awful, hilarious, embarrassing places where children and adults meet, and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision' Irish Times'It takes a writer with real talent to make this work, and Hornby has it - in buckets' Literary Review Features Summary About a Boy is Nick Hornby's comic and heart-warming million-copy bestseller 'How cool was Will Freeman?'Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager... Author Nick Hornby Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20140102 Pages 288 ISBN 0-241-96987-5 ISBN 13 978-0-241-96987-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours Harry Silver has it all: a beautiful wife, a wonderful son, a great job in the media — but in one night he throws it all away. Then Harry must start to learn what life is really all about. "A finely constructed novel that says more about human relationships than a library of psychology manuals, hitting the funny bone and the emotional jugular at one and the same time." IRISH TIMES "One of the finest books published this year… Hilarious and tear-jerking in turns." EXPRESS "A grown-up novel that is simultaneously a heart-rending gripping read and suffused with an irresistible reality." GLASGOW HERALD "Parsons has written a sharp, witty and wise book straight from his heart. His characters are all nitty-gritty, bounce-off-the-page, real people; his dialogue is brilliant." DAILY MAIL "A touching novel … full of quiet tenderness, and written from the heart." INDEPENDENT "Superb. 'Man and Boy' is as witty and sharp as you would expect from Parsons but it is not all bitter — rather profoundly moving. It will strike chords with many readers." YORKSHIRE POST Features Summary A fabulously engaging and exciting novel about a man who has to learn about life and love the hard way. Author Tony Parsons Publisher HarperCollins Release date 20000306 Pages 343 ISBN 0-00-651213-5 ISBN 13 978-0-00-651213-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days The world first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the powerful story of a doomed young man who is sold into slavery and who swears revenge on the magician who killed his father.Kullervo son of Kalervo is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien's characters. `Hapless Kullervo', as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny.Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo, who killed his father, kidnapped his mother, and who tries three times to kill him when still a boy, Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister, Wanona, and guarded by the magical powers of the black dog, Musti. When Kullervo is sold into slavery he swears revenge on the magician, but he will learn that even at the point of vengeance there is no escape from the cruellest of fates.Tolkien wrote that The Story of Kullervo was `the germ of my attempt to write legends of my own', and was `a major matter in the legends of the First Age'; his Kullervo was the ancestor of Turin Turambar, tragic incestuous hero of The Silmarillion. In addition to being a powerful story in its own right, The Story of Kullervo - published here for the first time with the author's drafts, notes and lecture-essays on its source-work, The Kalevala, is a foundation stone in the structure of Tolkien's invented world. Features Summary The world first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the powerful story of a doomed young man who is sold into slavery and who swears revenge on the magician who killed his father. Author J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Verlyn Flieger (Editor) Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20150827 Pages 168 ISBN 0-00-813136-8 ISBN 13 978-0-00-813136-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A beautiful edition of this classic retelling by master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, with glorious illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. In the town of Hamelin, the rich and greedy live like kings and queens while the poor and sick scavenge rubbish tips for scraps. A lame orphan boy tells the classic tale of how a plague of rats takes over the town and how a fantastic piper offers to rid Hamelin of its rats for a single gold coin, then lures away the town's children when the greedy mayor breaks his word. Masterfully weaving contemporary social and environmental themes into a gripping tale, and celebrating it with breath-taking illustrations, former British Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo and illustrator Emma Chichester Clark team up to create a compelling new take on this timeless story. Features Summary A beautiful edition of this classic retelling by master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, with glorious illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. Author Michael Morpurgo (Author), Emma Chichester-Clark (Illustrator) Publisher Walker Books Ltd Release date 20160731 Pages 112 ISBN 1-4063-6900-4 ISBN 13 978-1-4063-6900-7

 2009 / Hardcover / Good condition “Brought up in a rural vicarage surrounded by fells, falcons and ferrets, Freddy Spencer Chapman acquired a deep love of nature and became 'fascinated by danger' during childhood. Thirty years later, as an SOE-trained guerrilla soldier of exceptional ability and courage, the orphan boy would prove to be one of the British army's deadliest agents. In 1941 Chapman was dispatched to Singapore to train British guerrillas for the coming war with Japan. Setting out from Kuala Lumpur on 7 January 1942 on a mission to sabotage Japanese supply lines, he became a veritable one-man army. The Japanese deployed 2,000 men to search for what they believed was a squad of 200 Australian guerrillas. Following Japan's invasion of Malaya and the fall of Singapore in February 1942, Chapman found himself stranded. Under these most desperate of circumstances, the man dubbed the 'the jungle Lawrence' by Field Marshal Wavell showed his bloody-minded talent for survival. Relentlessly hunted by the Japanese army, he was afflicted by typhus, scabies, pneumonia, blackwater fever, cerebral malaria, dengue fever and ulcers before finally being rescued and evacuated to Ceylon on 13 May 1945. Chapman returned to Malaya by parachute in August to take the Japanese surrender at Penang. Jungle Soldier is a unique and remarkable account of superhuman bravery and resourcefulness in adversity. ”

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The first book in a new series about an orphan boy who discovers he is part of a secret army that protects the world from a race of shadowy monsters. Grey placed his finger in the middle of the shadow. 'What's this?' he asked. Denizen frowned. 'It's a shadow.' 'No, it isn't,' Grey said. 'It's a door.' Denizen Hardwick doesn't believe in magic - until he's ambushed by a monster created from shadows and sees it destroyed by a word made of sunlight. That kind of thing can really change your perspective. Now Denizen is about to discover that there's a world beyond the one he knows. A world of living darkness where an unseen enemy awaits. Fortunately for humanity, between us and the shadows stand the Knights of the Borrowed Dark. Unfortunately for Denizen, he's one of them... Features Summary Grey placed his finger in the middle of the shadow. 'What's this?' he asked. Denizen frowned. 'It's a shadow.' 'No, it isn't,' Grey said. 'It's a door... Author Dave Rudden Publisher Puffin Release date 20160407 Pages 368 ISBN 0-14-135660-X ISBN 13 978-0-14-135660-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 'A sumptuous garden maze of a novel' Kirkus Reviews They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us... In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy. Sent as a bequest from an old friend, young Ren has a mission: to find his dead master's severed finger and reunite it with his body. Ren has forty-nine days, or else his master's soul will roam the earth forever. Ji Lin, an apprentice dressmaker, moonlights as a dancehall girl to pay her mother's debts. One night, Ji Lin's dance partner leaves her with a gruesome souvenir that leads her on a crooked, dark trail. As time runs out for Ren's mission, a series of unexplained deaths occur amid rumours of tigers who turn into men. In their journey to keep a promise and discover the truth, Ren and Ji Lin's paths will cross in ways they will never forget. Captivating and lushly written, The Night Tiger explores the rich world of servants and masters, ancient superstition and modern ambition, sibling rivalry and unexpected love. Woven through with Chinese folklore and a tantalizing mystery, this novel is a page-turner of the highest order. Features Summary A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. Author Yangsze Choo Publisher Quercus Publishing Release date 20190131 Pages 480 ISBN 1-78747-045-8 ISBN 13 978-1-78747-045-3

Softcover. English. Harvill Secker. 2006. 233pp. In good condition. A haunting and powerful story about war-torn Africa, a mystical orphan boy, and the power of narrative to give a chaotic world order.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls. Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends... only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe. Will Jim ever manage to be free? Features Summary Unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. Author Berlie Doherty Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20090903 Pages 194 ISBN 0-00-731125-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-731125-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days WINNER OF CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDSAn extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children's Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar, Oliver Jeffers!Sometimes, with a little electricity, or luck, or even magic, an imaginary friend might appear when you need one. An imaginary friend like Fred...Fred floated like a feather in the wind until a lonely little boy wished for him and found a friendship like no other.The perfect chemistry between Eoin Colfer's text and Oliver Jeffer's artwork make for a dazzlingly original colour gift book. Features Summary WINNER OF CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDSAn extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children's Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar... Author Eoin Colfer (Author), Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator) Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20161115 Pages 48 ISBN 0-00-812616-X ISBN 13 978-0-00-812616-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days On a stormy November night in 1848, a ship carrying more than a hundred Irish emigrants ran aground twenty miles off the coast of Maine. Many were saved, but some were not -- including a young girl who died crying out the name of her brother. In the present day, the artist Oisin MacDara lives in self-imposed exile on Tiranogue -- the small island where the shipwrecked Irish settled. The past is Oisin's curse, as memories of the twin sister who died tragically when he was a boy haunt him still. Then on a quiet All Hallows' Eve, a restless spirit is beckoned into his home by a candle flickering in the window: the ghost of the girl whose brief life ended on Tiranogue's shore more than a century earlier. In Oisin's house she seeks comfort and warmth, and a chance at the life that was denied her so long ago. For a lonely man chained by painful memories, nothing will ever be the same again. Features Summary A middle-aged artist in Maine is haunted by the ghost of a girl shipwrecked in the town more than 150 years earlier. Author Lisa Carey Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20020305 Pages 288 ISBN 0-06-093774-2 ISBN 13 978-0-06-093774-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days An exquisite, small format gift edition of this extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children's Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar Oliver Jeffers!Sometimes, with a little electricity, or luck, or even magic, an imaginary friend might appear when you need one. An imaginary friend like Fred...Fred floated like a feather in the wind until a lonely little boy wished for him and found a friendship like no other.The perfect chemistry between Eoin Colfer's text and Oliver Jeffer's artwork make for a dazzlingly original colour gift book. Features Summary An exquisite, small format gift edition of this extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children's Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar Oliver Jeffers! Author Eoin Colfer (Author), Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator) Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20150929 Pages 48 ISBN 0-00-812615-1 ISBN 13 978-0-00-812615-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days An extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children's Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar, Oliver Jeffers!Sometimes, with a little electricity, or luck, or even magic, an imaginary friend might appear when you need one. An imaginary friend like Fred...Fred floated like a feather in the wind until a lonely little boy wished for him and found a friendship like no other.The perfect chemistry between Eoin Colfer's text and Oliver Jeffer's artwork make for a dazzlingly original colour gift book. Features Summary An extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children's Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar, Oliver Jeffers! Author Eoin Colfer (Author), Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator) Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20151115 Pages 48 ISBN 0-00-812614-3 ISBN 13 978-0-00-812614-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Conn Iggulden has called it 'a masterpiece' while The Times has hailed it 'a gorgeous, rich retelling of the Arthurian tale'... The legions of Rome are a fading memory. Enemies stalk the fringes of Britain. And Uther Pendragon is dying. Into this fractured and uncertain world the boy is cast, a refugee from fire, murder and betrayal. An outsider whose only companions are a hateful hawk and memories of the lost. Yet he is gifted, and under the watchful eyes of Merlin and the Lady Nimue he will hone his talents and begin his journey to manhood. He will meet Guinevere, a wild, proud and beautiful girl, herself outcast because of her gift. And he will be dazzled by Arthur, a warrior who carries the hopes of a people like fire in the dark. But these are times of struggle and blood, when even friendship and love seem doomed to fail. The gods are vanishing beyond the reach of dreams. Treachery and jealousy rule men's hearts and the fate of Britain itself rests on a sword's edge. But the young renegade who left his home in Benoic with just a hunting bird and dreams of revenge is now a lord of war. He is a man loved and hated, admired and feared. A man forsaken but not forgotten. He is Lancelot. Set in a 5th century Britain besieged by invading bands of Saxons and Franks, Irish and Picts, Giles Kristian's epic new novel tells - in Lancelot's own words - the story of the most revered yet reviled of all Arthur's knights, the warrior who fought at his lord's side - yet stole his wife. This is the story of the of one of the great figures of British myth and legend - a story ready to be re-imagined for our times. Features Summary Set in a 5th century Britain besieged by invading bands of Saxons and Franks, Irish and Picts, Giles Kristian's epic new novel tells - in Lancelot's own words - the story of the most revered yet reviled of all Arthur's knights... Author Giles Kristian Publisher Bantam Press Release date 20180515 Pages 498 ISBN 0-593-07855-1 ISBN 13 978-0-593-07855-6