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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool's Dr Barnardo's Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan's War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front. LIVERPOOL, 1940 When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband - she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London's St Thomas's hospital. A BROKEN HEART She takes comfort in the attentions of a handsome surgeon, but Edwin Blake isn't all he seems. And as the Blitz descends on the capital, Maxine faces more heartache. When she returns to Liverpool, she harbours a secret. A BRAVE SPIRIT When Maxine is offered a job at a Dr Barnardo's orphanage, she hopes this is the second chance she has been looking for. Do the orphans know that she needs them as much as they need her? A gripping story of love, friendship and hope in the darkest of places. Molly Green is an exciting new voice in saga fiction, perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn. Features Summary War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool's Dr Barnardo's Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan's War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front. Author Molly Green Publisher AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Release date 20180423 Pages 432 ISBN 0-00-823897-9 ISBN 13 978-0-00-823897-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Praise for Jan Heller Levi: "It's Levi's humanity that ultimately won't let you loose, words as direct as bullets, as kisses."--Bob Holman "Orphan," Jan Heller Levi's new collection, is an unabashed confrontation with loneliness, otherness, and abandonment. These poems--ancient, immediate, serene, disgruntled, wickedly humorous, unsettlingly earnest--are also daring explorations of what love is. In the new millennium, with so much loss to mourn--and so much more still to lose--"Orphan" contemplates how "we make our griefs our tools." What Love Is "To forsake all others. To float the beloved on your back from flood to land, to wrench bread from the beggar's hand, snatch the oxygen mask from a child's face. To ransack hospitals and nursing homes for drugs to ease the beloved's pain, to stumble down 101 floors, beloved slung on your back, not stopping for the other ones in wheelchairs waiting at the landing doors." Jan Heller Levi's first collection of poems, "Once I Gazed at You in Wonder," won the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets, and poems from her second collection, "Skyspeak," won The Emily Dickinson Award of the Poetry Society of America. She is editor of "A Muriel Rukeyser Reader," served as consulting editor for the new edition of "The Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser," and is currently writing the biography of Rukeyser. She lives in New York City with her husband, the Swiss novelist and playwright Christoph Keller, and teaches at Hunter College. Features Summary Praise for Jan Heller Levi: "It's Levi's humanity that ultimately won't let you loose, words as direct as bullets, as kisses."--Bob Holman "Orphan," Jan Heller Levi's new collection... Author Jan Heller Levi Publisher Alicejamesbooks Release date 20140109 Pages 62 ISBN 1-938584-03-1 ISBN 13 978-1-938584-03-9

Major prize winner - Looks brand new and unread to me. >>>   The novel’s reception has been highly favorable.    The New York Times, has called it "a daring and remarkable novel, a novel that not only opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of  North Korea, but one that also excavates the very meaning of love and sacrifice."The Wall Street Journal  said “stylistic panache, technical daring, moral weight and an uncanny sense of the current moment combine in 'The Orphan Master's Son', the single best work of fiction published in 2012.” The New Inquiry,  called the book "one of those rare works of high ambition that follow through on all of its promises... it examines both the Orwellian horrors of life in the DPRK and the voyeurism of Western media."  Washington Post  called the novel “an audacious act of imagination.”  In the  New York Times, Christopher R. Beha called it “an ingeniously plotted adventure tha t feels much shorter than its roughly 450 pages.  Awards and honors 2012  National Book Critics Circle Award, finalist 2013 The Morning News Tournament of Books, winner 2013  Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, winner 2013  Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner fiction 2013  ALA Notable lists  American Library Association Notable Book Award. 2013  California Book Award, gold medal *N.B.*   If you buy more books from me you only pay R 6 postage each on the additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw... Twenty years ago these magical words and many more flowed from a young writer's pen, an orphan called Harry Potter was freed from the cupboard under the stairs - and a global phenomenon started. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has been read and loved by every new generation since. To mark the 20th anniversary of first publication, Bloomsbury has published four House Editions of J.K. Rowling's modern classic. These stunning editions each feature the individual house crest on the jacket and line illustrations exclusive to that house, by Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold. Exciting new extra content includes fact files and profiles of favourite characters, and each book has sprayed edges in the house colours. Available for a limited period only, these highly collectable editions are a must-have for all Harry Potter fans. Features Summary Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw... Twenty years ago these magical words and many more flowed from a young writer's pen, an orphan called Harry Potter was freed from the cupboard under the stairs - and a global phenomenon started... Author J. K. Rowling Publisher Bloomsbury Childrens Books Release date 20170601 Pages 368 ISBN 1-4088-8376-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4088-8376-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic with four special editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw...Twenty years ago these magical words and many more flowed from a young writer's pen, an orphan called Harry Potter was freed from the cupboard under the stairs - and a global phenomenon started. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has been read and loved by every new generation since. To mark the 20th anniversary of first publication, Bloomsbury is publishing four House Editions of J.K. Rowling's modern classic. These stunning editions will each feature the individual house crest on the jacket and line illustrations exclusive to that house, by Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold. Exciting new extra content will include fact files and profiles of favourite characters, and each book will have sprayed edges in the house colours. Available for a limited period only, these highly collectable editions will be a must-have for all Harry Potter fans in 2017. Features Summary Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic with four special editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw... Author J. K. Rowling Publisher Bloomsbury Children's Books Release date 20170601 Pages 350 ISBN 1-4088-8374-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4088-8374-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The Laird's Forbidden Lady KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE... Ian Gilvry, Laird of Dunross, is as rough and wild as the Highland heather. Yet the return of Sassenach Selina and her family to claim his land ignites hatred and passion in equal measure. BUT YOUR ENEMIES EVEN CLOSER! Lady Selina is torn between family loyalty and wanton need for Ian. Tricked into marriage, the Laird fulfils her every burning desire. But Ian is a man bound by duty. Can Selina be sure that his heart belongs not only to his clan...but also to the woman he has made his wife? Haunted by the Earl's Touch Arriving at Beresford Abbey, orphan Mary Wilder's hopes of finding a place to belong are dashed when she meets Bane Beresford, the enigmatic earl. He is as remote as the ghosts that supposedly haunt the Abbey... and like its crumbling walls, her dreams fall apart. Occasionally she sees a different, more caring man behind the facade, so is she foolish to long for a happy home... and family? His proposal is for a marriage of convenience, but his touch has awakened within her a fervent and forbidden longing... Features Summary The Laird's Forbidden Lady KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE... Ian Gilvry, Laird of Dunross, is as rough and wild as the Highland heather. Yet the return of Sassenach Selina and her family to claim his land ignites hatred and passion in equal measure. Author Ann Lethbridge Publisher Mills And Boon Release date 20170323 Pages 576 ISBN 0-263-92379-7 ISBN 13 978-0-263-92379-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Features Summary Heidi is the timeless tale of an orphan girl who goes to live with her cold and frightening grandfather in the mountains of Switzerland - and who, in the end... Author Johanna Spyri (Author), Jessie Willcox Smith (Illustrator) Publisher Sterling Release date 20170706 Pages 344 ISBN 1-4351-4466-X ISBN 13 978-1-4351-4466-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days THE STUNNING NEW ORPHAN X THRILLER FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR GREGG HURWITZ. 'Do you need my help?' They called him Orphan X. Evan Smoak used to be a government secret weapon. Then he ran and became the man you call on when you've nowhere else to turn. This time it's a teenage runaway called Joey. Like Evan she's no innocent: she was brought up inside the same programme that raised him. Now Evan must find Joey before those hunting her do. Which is where the trouble begins. Because this might not be about Joey at all. And if it's not, then it must be about Evan. But finding out why could kill them both... 'A masterpiece of suspense and thrills' Daily Mail 'The page-turner of the season' The Times 'A rival to Reacher' Independent Features Summary THE STUNNING NEW ORPHAN X THRILLER FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR GREGG HURWITZ. 'Do you need my help?' They called him Orphan X. Evan Smoak used to be a government secret weapon... Author Gregg Hurwitz Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20180614 Pages 497 ISBN 1-4059-2990-1 ISBN 13 978-1-4059-2990-5

GOD'S CALL TO CARE FOR THE ORPHAN IS FOR ALL OF US. Becoming Home is for anyone who has wrestled with how to address the orphan crisis. Caring for orphans makes grace touchable. When Christians choose to adopt, foster, mentor, or support care for orphans around the globe, it reveals God's true character to the world like nothing else we can do. Becoming Home unpacks specific steps everyone can take to care for orphans in distress. Some of these steps are 'big' choices like fostering or adopting; some are simpler choices like supporting work abroad or mentoring a foster youth. But all are ways we can practically show love to orphans---not because of a sense of duty, guilt, or even idealism, but because we've first been loved by God. Becoming Home is part of the FRAMES series - short yet meaningful reads on the top issues facing us in today's complex culture. A new kind of book brought to you by Barna Group, to help you read less, and know more. To sign up for updates about FRAMES, see videos, and learn more about these products, visit www.BarnaFrames.com. Format:Paperback

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 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

  In good condition, (1998) Little Women  is one of the best loved books of all time. Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and unexpected romance. Based on Louise May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.   The Secret Garden Spoiled and rude, Mary Lennox has been raised by servants as her parents had no time for her. When her parents die in a cholera epidemic, Mary suddenly becomes an orphan. She moves to her uncle's mysterious house in England. The huge mansion and its friendly staff offer Mary a new kind of environment in which to grow. As she explores, she discovers a key to a secret garden and builds friendships with a local boy and her invalid cousin. A story of overcoming selfish desires,        

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

Lyndall, Schreiner's articulate young feminist, marks the entry of the controversial New Woman into nineteenth-century fiction. Raised as an orphan amid a makeshift family, she witnesses an intolerable world of colonial exploitation. Desiring a formal education, she leaves the isolated farm for boarding school in her early teens, only to return four years later from an unhappy relationship. Unable to meet the demands of her mysterious lover, Lyndall retires to a house in Bloemfontein, where, delirious with exhaustion, she is unknowingly tended by an English farmer disguised as her female nurse. This is the devoted Gregory Rose, Schreiner's daring embodiment of the sensitive New Man. A cause celebre when it appeared in London, The Story of an African Farm transformed the shape and course of the late-Victorian novel. From the haunting plains of South Africa's high Karoo, Schreiner boldly addresses her society's greatest fears - the loss of faith, the dissolution of marriage, and women's social and political independence.

Dear Mr Cornford, It is with regret that I begin the task of writing to you about your niece, Emily. Her recent behaviour, which I have outlined to you in previous letters, compels me to request that she be formally removed from the school and returned to your care with immediate effect...' And so Emily Hudson, niece and ward, is dispatched into the care of her distant and cold uncle, to take residence at the family's Newport beach house at the outbreak of the Civil War. She is an orphan, the sole member of her family not claimed by consumption. In that first lonely summer, it is Emily's cousin William - himself an outsider - who is her saviour. Her spirit and vibrancy are at odds with the stilted climate of American society: a woman should be a paragon of virtue, definitely not an aspiring painter with no fortune to speak of. William's friendship offers Emily the chance to escape to London to pursue her dreams, but his patronage soon turns darker and more controlling. And as Emily's health falters, she turns to some rather unsuitable means to find the release she craves... Format:Paperback Pages:368

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little girl, bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely. One day she discovers a way in to a secret abandoned garden and, with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin, they set about restoring the garden. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and adults since its publication in 1911. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Secret Garden features an afterword by publisher Anna South. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Features Summary Mary Lennox is sent from an India as an orphan to live at Misselthwaite Manor. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little madam but becomes friends with local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin... Author Frances Hodgson Burnett Publisher Macmillan Collector's Library Release date 20161128 Pages 287 ISBN 1-5098-2776-5 ISBN 13 978-1-5098-2776-3

You Can Be Saved. If You Give Up Everything You Love...In Washington, DC, Seventy Years After Democracy Has Fallen, The Number You're Assigned By The Government Decrees Your Fate. Seventeen-Year-Old Orphan Kitty Doe Is Stuck As A III, Looked Down Upon By The Higher Ranks. Until A Chance Encounter Gives Her The Opportunity To Become A VII And Join The Most Powerful Family In The Country. If She Says Yes, Kitty Will Be Transformed Into Lila Hart, The Prime Minister's Niece, Who Died Under Mysterious Circumstances. As A Member Of The Hart Family, She Will Be Famous. Adored. Especially By Lila's Boyfriend, Knox. But Becoming Part Of Society's Inner Circle Also Means Seeing Its Darkest Secrets And Learning A Twisted Game Kitty's Only Beginning To Understand This product ships within 3-5 working days

Book in very good condition >>>  Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question. Ram takes us on an amazing review of his own history -- from the day he was found as a baby in the clothes donation box of a Delhi church to his employment by a faded Bollywood star to his adventure with a security-crazed Australian army colonel to his career as an overly creative tour guide at the Taj Mahal. Swarup's Q & A is a beguiling blend of high comedy, drama, and romance that reveals how we know what we know -- not just about trivia, but about life itself. Cutting across humanity in all its squalor and glory, Vikas Swarup presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the struggle between good and evil -- and what happens when one boy has no other choice in life but to survive. *NB.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage each on the additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.  

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 - 12 working days Can this orphan ever fulfil her nursing dreams...? After her mother's death, Dora is sent to live with her father and his other family. But Dora is mixed race and illegitimate, two facts that see her treated as little more than a servant by her step-mother and half siblings. This doesn't stop the son of the house abusing his position and Dora finds herself on the streets and pregnant... Sent to the local workhouse, Dora's future looks bleak but she still dreams of a better life where she can help others as her late mother did with her herbal remedies. But can a girl from a workhouse ever achieve anything, let alone become one of Florence Nightingale's nurses? Features Summary But Dora is mixed race and illegitimate, two facts that see her treated as little more than a servant by her step-mother and half siblings.Sent to the local workhouse... Author Holly Green Publisher Ebury Press Release date 20181113 Pages 384 ISBN 1-78503-566-5 ISBN 13 978-1-78503-566-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days "The beauty of sky, music, and the belief in 'extraordinary things' triumph in this whimsical and magical tale" ("Publishers Weekly") about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop world in Paris. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck that left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive--but "almost impossible" means "still possible." And you should never ignore a possible. So when the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian, threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, they takes matters into their own hands and flee to Paris to look for Sophie's mother, starting with the only clue they have--the address of the cello maker. Evading the French authorities, she meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers--urchins who live in the hidden spaces above the city. Together they scour the city in a search for Sophie's mother--but can they find her before Sophie is caught and sent back to London? Or, more importantly, before she loses hope? Phillip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series, calls "Rooftoppers ""the work of a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination." Features Summary "The beauty of sky, music, and the belief in 'extraordinary things' triumph in this whimsical and magical tale" ("Publishers Weekly") about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop world in Paris... Author Katherine Rundell (Author), Terry Fan (Illustrator) Publisher Simon & SchusterBooks for Young Readers Release date 20140603 Pages 277 ISBN 1-4424-9059-4 ISBN 13 978-1-4424-9059-8

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

1876.  19-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives as a lady's maid at the great country house of Evenwood.  But Esperanza is no ordinary servant.  Her task it to uncover the dark and dangerous secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and set right a past injustice in which Espearanza's own interests are bound up.  Gradually those secrets are revealed and Esperanza becomes enmeshed in a complicated web of intrigue, deceit, murder and betrayal.  Soft cover, fairly good condition.  The cover has minor scuffing and creasing.  534 pages.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days National Book Award Finalist--FictionIt is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence.In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna's parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows.Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act -civilized.- Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forging a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land.Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember--strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become--in the eyes of the law--a kidnapper himself. Exquisitely rendered and morally complex, News of the World is a brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. Features Summary National Book Award Finalist--FictionIt is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world... Author Paulette Jiles Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20161015 Pages 213 ISBN 0-06-257389-6 ISBN 13 978-0-06-257389-6

 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. ”

  Chinese Communist soldiers barged into the cold room December 1934, where missionaries John and Betty Stam were held captive.  They commanded, “Take off your outer garments and shoes.  You’re coming with us.”  The Stams prayed silently for strength and looked at each other.  They knew what those orders meant.  They were to be executed.  Outer garments would interfere with the thrust of the executioner’s sword. Betty Stam tried not to look at Helen Priscilla, their 3-month-old child, lest she would attract attention to her.  She had hidden two five dollar bills under Priscilla’s blankets during the night.  It was just enough to cover the cost of the journey for their child, now soon to be an orphan, over the Chinese mountains to reach her grandparents.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days The first magical adventure in a major new trilogy, Animal Wizardry, is a thrilling blend of edge-of-your-seat action, laugh-out-loud humour and unforgettable characters.Running to save his life, Aldwyn, a streetwise orphan cat, ducks into a very strange pet shop... Moments later Jack, a young wizard-in-training, comes in to pick out his familiar - the magical animal that will accompany him forever. Aldwyn has always been clever. But magical? Apparently Jack thinks so - and Aldwyn is happy to play along. Anything to get out of town...Back at wizard training camp Aldywn really thinks he's landed on his feet! All he needs to figure out is how to convince the other familiars - the know-it-all blue jay Skylar and the friendly tree frog Gilbert - that he's the telekinetic cat he claims to be!Then something terrible happens - Jack and the other young wizards are captured by the evil queen of Vastia. Together their familiars must save them - but how? Join Aldwyn, Skylar and Gilbert on their quest across the land as they face dangerous foes, unearth a shocking ancient secret and discover a mysterious destiny that will change them all forever. Features Summary The first magical adventure in a major new trilogy, Animal Wizardry, is a thrilling blend of edge-of-your-seat action, laugh-out-loud humour and unforgettable characters.. Author Adam Epstein (Author), Andrew Jacobson (Author) Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20100930 Pages 346 ISBN 0-00-737177-2 ISBN 13 978-0-00-737177-8

This ex-lib has the usual library goodies at the back - still in very good condition - no dustjacket   ****  A young-adult science fiction novel   -  Set in the year 2052, it depicts an authoritarian England divided into two distinct societies: the modern, overpopulated "Conurbs" and the aristocratic, rarefied "County". Crowded city districts and all-pervasive technology make up the Conurbs while manors and rolling countrysides typical of 19th-century England make up the County. The story follows a young Conurban orphan named Rob as he experiences life in both worlds, uncovering truths and choosing sides in the process. - Christopher and The Guardians won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize from The Guardian newspaper, coincidentally, which is judged by a panel of British children's writers. In 1976 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in category youth fiction for the German-language edition, Die Wächter. -  In 1986 the German TV station ARD broadcast a film adaptation under that title. *** RECOMMENDED READING *** *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional book – see what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A prehistoric corpse entombed within an Arctic glacier, crying tears of blood.A jungle island overrun by rabid primates - escapees from a research laboratory's Hot Zone.A massive seaplane hidden beneath a mountain, packed with a Nazi cargo of mind-blowing evil.A penniless orphan kidnapped from an African slum, holding the key to the world's survival.Four terrifying journeys. One impossible path.Only one man to attempt it. Will Jaeger. The Hunter. Features Summary Author of MUD, SWEAT AND TEARS and star of MAN VS. WILD and THE ISLAND, Bear Grylls delivers a hair-raising, adrenaline-fuelled sequel to his SUNDAY TIMES bestselling novel... Author Bear Grylls Publisher Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd) Release date 20170615 Pages 394 ISBN 1-4091-5687-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4091-5687-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days National Book Award Finalist-Fiction In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna's parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows. Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act "civilized." Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forming a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land. Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember-strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become-in the eyes of the law-a kidnapper himself. Features Summary "In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people"-- Author Paulette Jiles Publisher William Morrow Paperbacks Release date 20170704 Pages 240 ISBN 0-06-240921-2 ISBN 13 978-0-06-240921-8