Books with author Katherine Bell

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. Found floating in a cello case, she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the English Channel. But Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help - When the child welfare agency threatens to send Sophie to an orphanage, Sophie and her guardian flee to Paris to find her mother, starting with the only clue she has - the address of the cello maker.

Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity was written by the pulitzer prize-winning american investigative journalist, katheirne boo this book is a documentary of the writer's experiences in a mumbai slum called annawadi between november 2007 and march 2011 the story in this book primarily focuses on three main families abdul, belonging to one of these families is an expert in shifting garbage from one place to anotherone leg, a cripple living in annawadi, has sexual desires that can't be fulfilled by her husband another important chracter in this book is asha, a political worker belonging to the shiv sena party she is the most ambitious person in the book, and hopes to become a slumlord one day by treading the tried-and-tested path of political corruptionin behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity, though the characters all belong to an impoverished background, they still share the common emotion of hope hope is the only thing that keeps them from falling apart in their bleak existence this book portrays how poor people are alienated into staying poor all their lives by the richer sections of society, from whom they barely recieve any helpfor the people living in annawadi, earning enough money to become a part of the middle-class is a grand dream that most cant acheive this book portrays the story of how abdul the garbage shifter is falsely implicated in the murder of his neighbour, fatima behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity is a compelling depiction of real-life people living in an impverished mumbai slumthis book was published by penguin india in 2013, and is available in the form of a paperback

The world is made of monsters. Adni might be one of them. After the Evil Queen Kadia razed Warshard, leaving thousands homeless or dead, many of Salander’s people fled to the Cinder Mountains, east of the six kingdoms, seeking refuge. Adni, the daughter of a treasure hunter, has always despised her father’s bizarre occupation and loathes every family trip in search of riches. Always desperate for more, her father shoves her off a waterfall to retrieve treasure at the bottom of a lake. Instead, Adni is swept up in a violent underwater current, only to be rescued by Julian, a mysterious woman with a flirtatious smile. Desperate to flee the oppression of her family and the mountains, Adni escapes with Julian to Salander in search of her real father – who might just be a worse monster than the man she left behind.

A sweet little girl asked me to write a story about a rose, a garden, and a fox. This is their tale.Princess Bethani has trouble behaving like a princess, but today she will do her very best because she has been invited to her very first garden party. Unfortunately, her idea of a garden party is not the same as that of the other girls. She seeks adventure in the maze where she finds everything you can imagine, except an exit. Will Bethani escape? Will her adventures teach her to act like a princess, after all?

ExplorerWinner of the Children's Book Prize Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award Winner of the London Book Fair Children's Travel Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award, Children's category Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 'I loved The Explorer' Jacqueline Wilson 'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK' Philip Pullman From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him. As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice. He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small. Except, it seems, someone has been there before them

Travel Back in Time with this latest book from Hands On Crafts for Kids. From ancient civilizations all the way to the 20th century, this book is filled with craft activities for kids 7-12. You can make an Egyptiam mummy, or maybe a Viking helmet. There are Bunraku puppets from Japan, and log cabin quilts from colonial america. Each chapter is a different period in history. The book is based on the Hands On Crafts for Kids television program on PBS.

The Emperor’s reapers are coming. There’s nothing Breen can do to stop it. After her village is attacked, Breen is taken from her home to Seaburn Academy, where southern savages are broken and chained into a life of service. Through the beatings and the torture, Drakkone, one of the few soldiers against the mistreatment, brings solace to her days and gives her hope for the future. When one night of unexpected passion turns into a problem bigger than either of them could have imagined, Breen and Drakkone must risk capture and flee the city or death might be a blessing compared to eternal imprisonment.