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Books published by publisher Sunburst

  • Christmas Spirit: Two Stories

    Robert Westall, John Lawrence

    Paperback (Sunburst, Oct. 1, 1996)
    A boy encounters a frightening ghost at the factory where his father works, and a girl's unhappy vacation is saved by the arrival of an abandoned cat
  • Flame-Colored Taffeta

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    Paperback (Sunburst, March 1, 1989)
    Damaris Crocker, a young girl living in smuggling country, whose dearest wish is for a flame-colored taffeta petticoat, works with her friend Peter and Genty Small the Wise Woman to save the life of a wounded young man brought to them by the smugglers
  • The Christmas Donkey

    Gillian McClure

    Paperback (Sunburst, Oct. 1, 1995)
    In a version of the Nativity story told by the donkey, a stubborn donkey believes that he should be employed by a king, not by the poor carpenter and his wife who own him
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  • Hiawatha's Childhood

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Errol Le Cain

    Paperback (Sunburst, April 1, 1994)
    The classic Longfellow poem, made fresh and vivid for today's young readers with beautiful full-color illustrations from acclaimed artist Errol LeCain.
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  • All the Small Poems

    Valerie Worth

    Paperback (Sunburst, Aug. 1, 1987)
    Shares poems about fireworks, garbage, mice, asparagus, brooms, zinnias, chairs, coins, crickets, and hollyhocks.
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  • The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral

    Robert Westall

    Paperback (Sunburst, April 1, 1994)
    Offered the job of repairing the weathercock on one of Muncaster Cathedral's spires, Steeplejack Joe Clarke soon realizes that the cathedral is in the grip of an evil power
  • Jocasta Carr Movie Star

    Roy Gerrard

    Paperback (Sunburst, April 1, 1995)
    When her canine companion and co-star is lured away by an unsavory movie producer, Jocasta Carr flies off on an adventurous journey to rescue her beloved dog
  • The Gold of Dreams

    Jose Maria Merino, Helen Lane

    Paperback (Sunburst, April 1, 1994)
    Fifteen-year-old Miguel, the son of a conquistador, embarks on a dangerous search for a temple of gold in the uncharted territories of Mexico.
  • Peboan and Seegwun

    Charles Larry

    Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1995)
    An encounter between Peboan, Old Man Winter, and Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring, marks the transition from one season to another
  • The Ghost Drum: A Cat's Tale

    Susan Price

    Paperback (Sunburst, April 1, 1989)
    Chingis must use her magical powers to rescue Safa, the son of the Czar, who has been imprisoned in a tower because of the machinations of the Czar's evil sister
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  • Prisoner of Vampires

    Nancy Garden, Michele Chessare

    Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1993)
    A suspicious flu epidemic that strikes only young women erupts while twelve-year-old Alexander Darlington is writing a research paper on vampires
    R
  • No More Cornflakes

    Polly Horvath

    Paperback (Sunburst, April 1, 1993)
    Hortense seeks the advice and friendship of her eccentric Aunt Kate when her mother spends her days eating cornflakes and hopping around in public, pretending to be a rabbit
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