Teresa Gallagher
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In the New Treasure Seekers, the Bastable children in search of a Fortune continues telling the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius Bastable, and their attempts to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family. The story is told from a child's point of view. The narrator is Oswald.
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Six children decide that the only way to restore the fortunes of their family is to go out and do it themselves. They produce a series of madcap schemes and one after another try them out with varying degrees of success, most resulting in trouble rather than riches. But then one scheme begins to look more promising than the rest...
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This highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen is regarded as the classic biography of one the greatest English novelists. It illustrates not only the character and opinions of an unusually perceptive and gifted woman, but also the social life amongst the county gentry of Georgian England. Outside her writing, Jane Austen's main interest was her large and affectionate family and their circle of friends. This is the world she so brilliantly...
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The Bastable children are up to yet more adventures in this sequel to The Story of the Treasure Seekers-a delightful classic that will charm children and adults alike The Bastable children have been banished to the country in disgrace-following a particularly damaging reenaction of a jungle scene featuring expensive stuffed animals and a garden hose. The gang of six, Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H.O.), decides to turn over...
5) Bleak house
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IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 67
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Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections: between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an uncaring society more imaginatively embodied, but nowhere either is the mixture of comedy and angry satire more deftly managed.
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From the author of Queen's Gambit, which People magazine called, "A must-read for Philippa Gregory fans, " a gripping historical novel about two sisters who tread as dangerously close to the crown as their tragic sister, Lady Jane Grey, executed after just nine days on the throne. Early in Mary Tudor's turbulent reign, Lady Catherine and Lady Mary Grey are reeling after the brutal execution of their elder seventeen-year-old sister, Lady Jane Grey,...
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Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett - In a shabby New York City side street in the mid-1880s, young Cedric Errol lives with his mother (known to him as "Dearest") in genteel poverty after the death of his father, Captain Cedric Errol. One day, they are visited by an English lawyer named Havisham with a message from young Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, an unruly millionaire who despises the United States and was very disappointed...
9) Heidi
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IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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The beloved story of Heidi, the little girl who scrambles through mountain meadows with the goats, brings joy to a blind grandmother, helps a friend learn to walk again, and restores hope and love to a grandfather. Adapted for young children Heidi's age.
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Everything's Rosie volume 3
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Raggles plays a beautiful lullaby to help Oakley sleep. Rosie and her friends act out the story of Goldilocks.
11) Everything's Rosie - Season 1: The Greatest Show in the Garden: It's Time to Let It Go Little Bear
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Everything's Rosie volume 11
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Rosie and her friends create a circus in the garden. Little Bear cares for a sick fluffy bug.
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Everything's Rosie volume 12
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Will wants to fight a fierce dragon! Rosie and her friends learn about road safety.
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Everything's Rosie volume 2
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Will dreams of flying like a bird. Big Bear receives an invitation to have tea with the Queen!
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Everything's Rosie volume 6
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Will and Archie team up for the talent show. Rosie encourages her friends to learn a new skill.
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Everything's Rosie volume 5
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The friends play a game of ice hockey. Raggles goes in search of dinosaur bones.
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Everything's Rosie volume 8
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Big Bear takes Little Bear on a mini beast safari. Rosie discovers Holly is scared of thunder and lightning.
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Everything's Rosie volume 10
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Will and Archie go on a super spy mission. Rosie's friends discover there's no place like home!
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Everything's Rosie volume 4
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A cheeky frog follows Will home from a fishing trip. Big Bear invents a fun way to exercise.
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Everything's Rosie volume 10
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Will becomes a superhero for the day! Bluebird is upset when her new nest goes missing.
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Everything's Rosie volume 6
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Rosie and Will compete to see who can build the best castle. Will and Raggles try to find gold at the end of the rainbow.