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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
Zlata Filipovic
Paperback (Penguin Books, Limited (UK), Jan. 6, 2000)Zlata Filipovic was given a diary shortly before her tenth birthday and began to write in it regularly. She was an ordinary, if unusually intelligent and articulate little girl, and her preoccupations include whether or not to join the Madonna fan club, her piano lessons, her friends andher new skis. But the distant murmur of war draws closer to her Sarajevo home. Her father starts to wear military uniform and her friends begin to leave the city. One day, school is closed and the next day bombardments begin. The pathos and power of Zlata's diary comes from watching the destruction of a childhood. Her circle of friends is increasingly replaced by international journalists who come to hear of this little girl's courage and resilience. But the reality is that, as they fly off with the latest story of Zlata, she remains behind, writing her deepest feelings to 'Mimmy', her diary, and her last remaining friend.
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Thirteen Unpredictable Tales
Paul Jennings
Paperback (Penguin Australia, Oct. 31, 2000)A selection of the best short stories from Paul Jennings' earlier Puffin titles. Everyone is entirely different but all are wacky and extraordinary. Subjects range from the longest kiss ever, to a boy who becomes transparent - and the stories are all unpredictable!
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Song of Be
Lesley Beake
Mass Market Paperback (Puffin, June 1, 1995)Be, a young Bushman woman searching in the desert for the peace she remembers from her childhood, realizes that she and her people must reconcile new personal and political realities with ancient traditions
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George's Marvellous Medicine
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake
Paperback (Gardners Books, April 1, 2001)When George's parents are away for the day, he's tempted to do something about his tyrannical grandmother. "Something" means going round the house collecting all kinds of horrible ingredients that will make up a magic potion to make her disappear. But instead of disappearing, she gets bigger.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor
Paperback (Penguin Books, Limited (UK), Sept. 29, 1994)Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake
Paperback (Gardners Books, Aug. 1, 2004)None
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Schoolmouse
Smith Dick King
Mass Market Paperback (Puffin, Jan. 2, 1996)Flora was born on the first day of term in the new school year, which might be why she’s a very special mouse indeed – a mouse who has taught herself to read! Flora lives in a classroom, and is determined to learn all sorts of things that no mouse has ever learned before. Her family is horrified at first, but then Flora’s reading saves their lives …
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The Baby and Fly Pie
Melvin Burgess
Paperback (Gardners Books, July 16, 2004)SOLD Review - Totally gripping and charged with intense emotion. --Mail on Sunday --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Book A new edition of this Melvin Burgess classic. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. See all Inside This Book (Learn More) First SentenceIt began with a lorry load of fish. Read the first page Browse Sample PagesFront Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover Search inside this book:
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Werewolf Stories to Tell in the Dark
Anthony Masters
Paperback (Puffin Books, Jan. 25, 1996)None
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Soul Stealer
Martin Booth
Paperback (Gardners Books, Feb. 29, 2004)Evil has returned to Rawne Barton - this time in the form of a malevolent chemistry teacher, Yoland, whose aim is to gain power by stealing souls. Pip and Tim, newly started at secondary school, manage to get Sebastian, the alchemist's son, into their class so that he can uncover Yoland's evil plans. But Yoland has help - not only in the form of a stunted familiar who is also pretending to be a schoolboy, but from a mysterious supply teacher - who turns out to be Malodor, the evil alchemist from Doctor Illuminatus. A truly nail-biting climax takes place at a nuclear power station, where Yoland seeks to harness immense power to his ultimate spell.
