Books published by publisher Westland

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in the autumn of 1910, and was first published in its entirety in 1911. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.

Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul Every day you are faced with choices about friends, school, work, family obligations and the future. It isn’t always easy to know which direction to take, and if you do make a mistake, then what? To help you out, Chicken soup for the soul got together with Teen Ink magazine to bring you compelling, real life stories from teenagers going through many of these issues. Teen Ink magazine is written by and for teenagers about everything from getting ready for your first date to losing someone you love. In Chicken soup for the Teen soul; Real life stories by Real Teens, you will find honesty and insight about the everyday situations you face and see how other teens tackled them. Challenges and constant change – how are you expected to handle it all? Like you, the teens in these stories often laugh, sometimes cry, and at times makes mistakes. So share with them their innermost fears and thoughts as they cope with loss, watch their parents go through divorce,

Chicken Soup for the Soul - Tough times for Teens These stories for Older Teenagers cover Mature Topics and may not be suitable for younger teens. Being a teenager is difficult even under the best conditions, but these stories cover the toughest times, with tales of mental illness, abuse, eating disorders, self destructive behaviour, family and friend issues, love gone wrong, illness, and untimely deaths… When bad things happen, the challenges can feel overwhelming, but tough times can turn into great times. Teens will find comfort and inspiration in these stories, written by other teens just like them, who overcame their challenges and found happiness and meaning in their lives. Great advice and inspiration from people who really care…

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III Jack, Mark and Kimberly understand that, more and more, life is a struggle for you. Not just dealing with the tragedies that seem to plague you so often, but also in handling the daily pressures that fill your life – and often feel overwhelming. This book, even more so than the first two volumes in the series, goes deeper into the issues you face everyday, and offers you compassion and understanding to help you through the toughest times. It will help you, and will serve as your guide and constant companion. You are sure to agree that this book, with stories written almost entirely by teens, in a must read – a book you will read and reread, sharing your favorite stories with your friends over and over again.

The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is a classic of the mystery genre and the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards.The story is set in 1888.[1] The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887). It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan. According to Mary, in December 1878, her father had telegraphed her upon his safe return from India and requested her to meet him at the Langham Hotel in London. When Mary arrived at the hotel, she was told her father had gone out the previous night and not returned. Despite all efforts, no trace has ever been found of him. Mary contacted her father's only friend who was in the same regiment and had since retired to England, one Major John Sholto, but he denied knowing her father had returned. The second puzzle is that she has received six pearls in the mail from an anonymous benefactor, one per year since 1882 after answering an anonymous newspaper query inquiring for her. With the last pearl she received a letter remarking that she has been wronged and asking for a meeting. Holmes takes the case and soon discovers that Major Sholto had died in 1882 and that within a short span of time Mary began to receive the pearls, implying a connection. The only clue Mary can give Holmes is a map of a fortress found in her father's desk with the names of Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan and Dost Akbar

Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by Mark Twain. It was serialized in The Century Magazine (1893–4), before being published as a novel in 1894.The setting is the fictional Missouri frontier town of Dawson's Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century. David Wilson, a young lawyer, moves to town and a clever remark of his is misunderstood, which causes locals to brand him a "pudd'nhead" (nitwit).His hobby of collecting fingerprints does not raise his standing in the eyes of the townsfolk, who consider him to be eccentric and do not frequent his law practice."Pudd'nhead" Wilson is left in the background as the focus shifts to the slave Roxy, her son, and the family they serve. Roxy is one-sixteenth black and majority white, and her son Valet de Chambre (referred to as "Chambers") is 1/32 black. Roxy is principally charged with caring for her inattentive master's infant son Tom Driscoll, who is the same age as her own son. After fellow slaves are caught stealing and are nearly sold "down the river" to a master in the Deep South, Roxy fears for her son and herself. She considers killing her boy and herself, but decides to switch Chambers and Tom in their cribs to give her son a life of freedom and privilege.The narrative moves forward two decades. Tom Driscoll (formerly Valet de Chambre), has been raised to believe that he is white and has become a spoiled aristocrat. He is a selfish and dissolute young man. Tom's father has died and granted Roxy her freedom in his will. She worked for a time on river boats, and saved money for her retirement. When she finally is able to retire, she discovers that her bank has failed and all of her savings are gone. She returns to Dawson's Landing to ask for money from Tom.Tom responds to Roxy with derision. She tells him the truth about his ancestry and that he is her son and partially black; she blackmails him into financially supporting her.Twin Italian noblemen visit Dawson's Landing to some fanfare, and Tom quarrels with one. Desperate for money, Tom robs and murders his wealthy uncle and the blame falls wrongly on one of the Italians.