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  • The Whispering Trees

    Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

    Paperback (Parresia Books, Dec. 19, 2012)
    The Whispering Trees, award winning writer Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s debut collection of short stories, employs nuance, subtle drama and deadpan humour to capture colourful Nigerian lives. There’s Kyakkyawa, who sparks forbidden thoughts in her father and has a bit of angels and witches in her; there’s the mysterious butterfly girl who just might be a incarnation of Ohikwo’s long dead mother; there’s also a flummoxed white woman caught between two Nigerian brothers and an unfolding scandal, and, of course, the two medicine men of Mazade who battle against their egos, an epidemic and an enigmatic witch.
  • The Whispering Road

    Livi Michael

    Hardcover (Putnam Juvenile, May 19, 2005)
    In Victorian England, poverty-stricken, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer who supports the rights of the poor.
  • Whispering in the Wind

    Alan Marshall, Jack Newnham, Shane Maloney

    Paperback (Text Classics, June 11, 2019)
    First published in 1969, a charming children's classic. Peter lives in a bush hut with Crooked Mick, the greatest horse rider in all the world. One day Peter decides to go out and find a princess and rescue her from a dragon. With his horse Moonlight he sets out on his quest. Along the way he meets an array of colourful characters. Each one helps Peter overcome a hurdle and imparts some important life lessons. His loyal sidekick Greyfur, the kangaroo, can procure anything useful from her Tardis-like pouch. There’s the South Wind who can travel with great speed and see everything. It points him in the right direction and gives him a magic leaf that will make anyone loved and needed. There’s the wicked witch who plans to eat him, until Peter gives her the leaf…
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  • The Whispering Tree

    Monica Safin Fedak

    Hardcover (Placid Rapids Creations, Sept. 4, 2018)
    Join a young boy on his journey to discover the beauty and wonder that nature has to offer in The Whispering Tree. Early in the spring, the boy discovers that the natural world is a fun and inspiring place to play and spend his time. While observing the intricacies of nature, he expands his imagination in ways such seeing the clouds as more than clouds and imaging the intentions of the insects he discovers. Inspired by a love for nature, The Whispering Tree aims to encourage children's imagination and desire to play outdoor as nature offers a rich sensory experience that is ideal to promote healthy mental and physical development for young children. Each page of the story was individually crafted using acrylic backgrounds and hand sculpted clay figures and mixed media details. With the turn of each page, the scenery shifts slightly as nature is constantly evolving with each gust of wind. Starting in late spring, and ending the following spring, the little boy's journey continues through each season, discovering unique attributes throughout. From sunny skies in the summer to changing leaves in the fall and even to snow in the winter, the little boy continues to use his imagination to discover all that nature has to offer. Finally, the young boy shares his favorite outdoor place with his little sister, sharing a special sibling moment full of love.
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  • The Whispering Wallaby

    Karin Bergh Rice

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 28, 2013)
    A story about a student who mysteriously transported Australia on a life-changing Aboriginal walkabout, or does he really? Travel along on this journey to discover the answer to this question and more.
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  • The Whispering Tree

    Cornelius Gunning, Mary Somers, Catherine Lawlor, Tamara Peyton

    eBook (Shamrock Press, Dec. 2, 2013)
    Katie's young life has been one of sadness and misery while she lived with her cruel aunt and uncle sometime after the death of her parents. All she wants is to be happy. One day, Katie falls asleep next to a tree in the Phoenix Park known locally as the Whispering Tree. She awakens in a place that she never could have imagined existed. This world is not like our one. Those who live there need Katie's help to save their world. But they make for the most unusual and best friends that she could ever ask for. However, what will become of them? Can Katie help? And will she ever find the happiness she deserves? Join Katie and her mystical friends on this magical adventure.....
  • The Whispering Town

    Jennifer Elvgren, Elizabeth Cottle

    Audio CD (Dreamscape Media, April 14, 2015)
    The dramatic story of neighbors in a small Danish fishing village who, during the Holocaust, shelter a Jewish family waiting to be ferried to safety in Sweden. It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Denmark. Anett and her parents are hiding a Jewish woman and her son, Carl, in their cellar until a fishing boat can take them across the sound to neutral Sweden. The soldiers patrolling their street are growing suspicious, so Carl and his mama must make their way to the harbor despite a cloudy sky with no moon to guide them. Worried about their safety, Anett devises a clever and unusual plan for their safe passage to the harbor.
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  • The Whispering Chimney

    Jane Ellen Freeman

    eBook (Eagle Gate Publishing, Nov. 28, 2019)
    Eleven-year-old Bethany’s life implodes when her mother buys a farm in West Virginia. In the move, Bethany loses her supportive grandmother, her best friends, and the excitement of living in a bustling Ohio town. At the small school she is forced to attend, the sixth-grade girls are friendly at first. Then, led by a domineering girl named Marsha, the girls turn on her, teasing and taunting. Now Bethany is stuck. In the middle of nowhere. With no friends, no new big middle school, no movies, no grandmother. Then comes the day she trudges up the ridge above their farm and discovers the ruins of an old cabin. Moss covered rocks reveal the outlines of another life—one that also shattered, but centuries ago. Bethany sits on the hearth stone of a chimney. Whispers from the stones tell a tale of tenderness and catastrophe. Frightened, curious, she struggles to unearth what really happened on that lonely hill. How will that story change her own forever? Middle grade fiction. 48,000 words.
  • The Whispering Statue

    Carolyn Keene

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, Aug. 16, 1937)
    Girls' mystery series.
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  • The Whispering Road

    Livi Michael

    Hardcover (Putnam Juvenile, May 19, 2005)
    For Joe and Annie, the choice is escape or die. Manchester. That’s where Joe’s mom went after leaving him and his little sister at the workhouse. That’s where you can have adventures and live life on your own terms—free from abusive Masters. Along the way Joe and Annie meet some kind strangers who offer help, but they also meet swindlers who want to control or even sell them. And no matter how hard he tries, Joe can’t hide the fact that Annie is different in a way that makes people want to manipulate her for their own gain. When Annie is embraced by the traveling fair as if she’s family, Joe is resentful. So resentful that he leaves her behind. He loves running with the gang he joins, but evading the codgers who rule the street is dangerous. Joe might not make it long enough to get Annie back and find out what happened to their mother. In true Victorian fashion, The Little Princess meets Oliver in this epic novel that is sure to grip readers from the first page.
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  • The Whispering Town

    Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren

    Paperback (Kar-Ben Copies Ltd, Feb. 28, 2014)
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  • The Whisper The Whisper

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    Paperback (Scholastic, Feb. 1, 2012)
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