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Code Name Bananas
- By: David Walliams
- Narrated by: Peter Serafinowicz, Sarah Alexander, Genevieve Gaunt, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Go back in time with number one best-selling author David Walliams for a whizz-bang epic adventure of action, laughter and secret plots - and the extraordinary friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day....
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Familiar script now, a little over the top.
- By K. J. Kelly on 30-11-20
By: David Walliams
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Wolf Brother
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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6,000 years ago, the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunters and gatherers....
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A howling bite of a book.
- By Xander Duffy on 28-12-07
By: Michelle Paver
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Wolfbane
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 9
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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It is early spring, a turbulent, perilous time of sudden storms, frozen river fractures and drifting ice. Fleeing from a demon intent on devouring his souls, Wolf is swept out to sea far from the forest and his pack. The ocean, too, teems with danger....
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Very enjoyable
- By clear and helpful on 25-06-22
By: Michelle Paver
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Spirit Walker
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 2
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Torak's quest is far from over. A strange, creeping sickness, silent and deadly, is threatening the Ravens....
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Better than the first book
- By Andrew on 04-08-09
By: Michelle Paver
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Viper's Daughter
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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For two summers Torak and Renn have been living in the Forest with their faithful pack-brother, Wolf. But their happiness is shattered when Renn realises Torak is in danger – and she's the threat....
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“It isn’t over...”
- By Mrs on 02-04-20
By: Michelle Paver
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Oath Breaker
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 5
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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When he was outcast, Torak was the hunted one. The following spring, he becomes the hunter when he swears to avenge the killing of one of his closest friends....
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Entertaining
- By Demuynck on 22-02-10
By: Michelle Paver
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Code Name Bananas
- By: David Walliams
- Narrated by: Peter Serafinowicz, Sarah Alexander, Genevieve Gaunt, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Go back in time with number one best-selling author David Walliams for a whizz-bang epic adventure of action, laughter and secret plots - and the extraordinary friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day....
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Familiar script now, a little over the top.
- By K. J. Kelly on 30-11-20
By: David Walliams
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Wolf Brother
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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6,000 years ago, the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunters and gatherers....
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A howling bite of a book.
- By Xander Duffy on 28-12-07
By: Michelle Paver
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Wolfbane
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 9
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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It is early spring, a turbulent, perilous time of sudden storms, frozen river fractures and drifting ice. Fleeing from a demon intent on devouring his souls, Wolf is swept out to sea far from the forest and his pack. The ocean, too, teems with danger....
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Very enjoyable
- By clear and helpful on 25-06-22
By: Michelle Paver
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Spirit Walker
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 2
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Torak's quest is far from over. A strange, creeping sickness, silent and deadly, is threatening the Ravens....
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Better than the first book
- By Andrew on 04-08-09
By: Michelle Paver
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Viper's Daughter
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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For two summers Torak and Renn have been living in the Forest with their faithful pack-brother, Wolf. But their happiness is shattered when Renn realises Torak is in danger – and she's the threat....
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“It isn’t over...”
- By Mrs on 02-04-20
By: Michelle Paver
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Oath Breaker
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 5
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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When he was outcast, Torak was the hunted one. The following spring, he becomes the hunter when he swears to avenge the killing of one of his closest friends....
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Entertaining
- By Demuynck on 22-02-10
By: Michelle Paver
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How to Survive Time Travel
- By: Larry Hayes
- Narrated by: Saffron Coomber
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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Fresh from saving their parents from the jaws of frenzied billionaire Mr Noah, 10-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, are called upon once again. Their parents have disappeared into thin air and it’s up to the kids to save the day....
By: Larry Hayes
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The Valley of Lost Secrets
- By: Lesley Parr
- Narrated by: Iestyn Arwel
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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September, 1939. When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn’t be more different from London. Green, quiet and full of strangers, he instantly feels out of place. But then he finds a skull hidden in a tree, and suddenly the valley is more frightening than the war....
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Meh...
- By Andrew on 24-03-21
By: Lesley Parr
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Soul Eater
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 3
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Torak has survived the summer and his heart-stopping adventure in the Seal Islands. He and Wolf are together again. But their reunion is all too short-lived....
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Still awesome!
- By Ellie on 21-01-21
By: Michelle Paver
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Escape to the River Sea
- By: Emma Carroll
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she'd taken refuge seven years earlier....
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Escape to the river sea
- By Becs on 24-06-22
By: Emma Carroll
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Journey to the River Sea
- By: Eva Ibbotson
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at 13, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon....
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Great story for kids - let's go to the jungle!
- By Mr Dan on 17-04-15
By: Eva Ibbotson
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Henderson's Boys: Scorched Earth
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Summer, 1944. As Allied soldiers prepare to land in France, Marc and his friends must destroy a battalion of German tanks that could halt the invasion in its tracks....
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An amazing book
- By Mrs R on 18-06-20
By: Robert Muchamore
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The Island at the End of Everything
- By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Amihan lives on Culion Island where some of the inhabitants, including her mother, have leprosy. Ami loves her home, but the arrival of Mr Zamora changes her world forever....
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AMAZING
- By Babuly on 04-09-20
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Henderson's Boys: Secret Army
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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Britain, 1941.The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, gathering information and planning sabotage operations....
By: Robert Muchamore
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The Eagle of the Ninth
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Charlie Simpson
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion in Roman Britain, is forced into retirement after receiving a wound. It allows him to embark upon a mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion....
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Revisited
- By barbara on 27-06-11
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Wave Me Goodbye
- By: Jacqueline Wilson
- Narrated by: Amy Enticknap
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Award-winning, best-selling and beloved Jacqueline Wilson tells the fascinating, moving story of a girl sent away from home as an evacuee during the Second World War....
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AMAZING STORY !!!A+++
- By Mary Hodges on 24-11-17
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Outcast
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 4
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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As he fights for his life, Torak uncovers a deception too awful to contemplate, one that shakes him to the core and shatters his world....
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Outcast
- By Nadia on 30-05-09
By: Michelle Paver
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Salt to the Sea
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff....
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Incredible tale of humanity at it's best and worst
- By Toni Sinclair on 16-04-18
By: Ruta Sepetys
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Henderson's Boys: Eagle Day
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Late summer, 1940. Hitler has conquered France. Now he intends to cross the Channel and defeat Britain before winter arrives....
By: Robert Muchamore
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The 39 Clues, Book One
- The Maze of Bones
- By: Rick Riordan
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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Amy and Dan Cahill discover that their family was one of the most powerful in human history....
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Good for the whole family
- By C. Henderson on 30-09-14
By: Rick Riordan
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Then
- Felix and Zelda, Book 2
- By: Morris Gleitzman
- Narrated by: Morris Gleitzman
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Here is a sequel to Once, written and narrated by one of Australia's most popular children's authors....
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Great
- By AC on 29-03-17
By: Morris Gleitzman
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The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Jenny Agutter, Michael Morpurgo
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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It's 1943 and Lily Tregenza lives on a farm in the idyllic seaside village of Slapton. Apart from her father being away, and the "townie" evacuees at school, her life is scarcely touched by the war....
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The Amazing Story Of Adolfas Tibs.
- By C on 13-02-16
By: Michael Morpurgo
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The New Enemy
- Liam Scott, Book 3
- By: Andy McNab
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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It's a deadly game of hide and seek. Liam Scott has joined Recce Platoon, and it looks like he will be heading for Somalia....
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MUST! BUY!
- By Anonymous User on 27-05-22
By: Andy McNab
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Mulan: Before the Sword
- By: Grace Lin
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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When her sister is bitten by a poisonous spider, Mulan does everything she can to help, including seeking out a renowned healer. However, it quickly becomes apparent that there is more to both the mysterious spider bite and the healer than meets the eye....
By: Grace Lin
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The Lost Magician
- By: Piers Torday
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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1945. They have survived the Blitz, but when Simon, Patricia, Evelyn and Larry step through a mysterious library door, it is the beginning of their most dangerous adventure yet....
By: Piers Torday
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War Horse
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall
- Length: 58 mins
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The story of a farm horse sold from Devon into the mire, wire and machine guns of the Great War of 1914-1918....
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amazing book everything about it was amazing
- By Owen ibberson on 20-08-17
By: Michael Morpurgo
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The Titanic Mission
- Flashback Four, Book 2
- By: Dan Gutman
- Narrated by: Mark Turetsky
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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Four very different kids are picked by a mysterious billionaire to travel through time and photograph some of history's most important events....
By: Dan Gutman
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Wolf Hollow
- By: Lauren Wolk
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered....
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Beautiful and thoroughly captivating.
- By rachmargarita on 22-09-19
By: Lauren Wolk
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Magic Tree House Collection: Books 1-8
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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This audio collection includes the first eight stories from The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne....
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Great reading books - Weak audiobook
- By EC W on 04-03-14
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Friend or Foe
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Will Welch
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
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From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo comes "Friend or Foe"....
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Wonderful feel-good factor book
- By Queenie on 20-09-17
By: Michael Morpurgo
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The Time Hunters and the Wraith's Revenge
- The Time Hunters Saga, Book 6
- By: Carl Ashmore
- Narrated by: Lee Beddow
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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The Time Hunters and the Wraith’s Revenge is the sixth book in The Time Hunters Saga. After a happy, uneventful year, Becky and Joe Mellor’s world is thrown into chaos when a masked psychopath, The Wraith, kidnaps various members of their family and friends. To their horror, he’s hidden them at different historical disasters in a diabolical game called "The Empedoclean Trials". With time running out, Becky, Joe, and Uncle Percy must solve the clues and rescue the "participants" before they become victims of the disasters themselves!
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Escape to the River Sea
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In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she'd taken refuge seven years earlier. The arrival of a friend of the family, Yara Fielding, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong.
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Escape to the river sea
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Fresh from saving their parents from the jaws of frenzied billionaire Mr Noah, 10-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, are called upon once again. Their parents have disappeared into thin air and it’s up to the kids to save the day, traveling back in time to 5000 BC Egypt! Can they overcome friendly locals, a mysterious boy-god, snakes, a rainbow-coloured Sphinx and another plot to end the world? And—most importantly of all—will they survive time travel?
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A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. But just one of the girls has a chance at survival. Arrested by the Gestapo, 'Verity' is given a choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. They’ll get the truth out of her. Only, it won’t be what they expect.
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Shakespeare’s Bear
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In 1592, Elizabethan England is a perilous place, rife with plague, civil unrest, highwaymen, violent animal sports, and Spanish plots against the queen. Hamnet Shakespeare, young son of renowned playwright William, buys an abandoned bear cub in the market. Hamnet names him Mummer, a traveling actor who mimes. Boy and Bear learn showmanship!
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Apollo Salvatoir: Shā-Shǔ the Dragon
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Apollo Salvatoir is a fun and fast-paced coming-of-age saga that follows the lives of two children as they discover their destinies. Apollo Enrico Salvatoir was born into a life of privilege and fame. A growing business empire leads his father to hand off responsibility for raising Apollo to strangers who may not have Apollo’s best interest at heart. Apollo’s friend, a girl named Ling, comes from a family that is obsessed with the Salvatoirs and has a mysterious past. These best friends find themselves abandoned in a foreign land that is not as safe as the one they grew up in.
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The Time Hunters and the Wraith's Revenge
- The Time Hunters Saga, Book 6
- By: Carl Ashmore
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The Time Hunters and the Wraith’s Revenge is the sixth book in The Time Hunters Saga. After a happy, uneventful year, Becky and Joe Mellor’s world is thrown into chaos when a masked psychopath, The Wraith, kidnaps various members of their family and friends. To their horror, he’s hidden them at different historical disasters in a diabolical game called "The Empedoclean Trials". With time running out, Becky, Joe, and Uncle Percy must solve the clues and rescue the "participants" before they become victims of the disasters themselves!
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Escape to the River Sea
- By: Emma Carroll
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In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she'd taken refuge seven years earlier. The arrival of a friend of the family, Yara Fielding, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong.
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Escape to the river sea
- By Becs on 24-06-22
By: Emma Carroll
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How to Survive Time Travel
- By: Larry Hayes
- Narrated by: Saffron Coomber
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Fresh from saving their parents from the jaws of frenzied billionaire Mr Noah, 10-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, are called upon once again. Their parents have disappeared into thin air and it’s up to the kids to save the day, traveling back in time to 5000 BC Egypt! Can they overcome friendly locals, a mysterious boy-god, snakes, a rainbow-coloured Sphinx and another plot to end the world? And—most importantly of all—will they survive time travel?
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A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. But just one of the girls has a chance at survival. Arrested by the Gestapo, 'Verity' is given a choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. They’ll get the truth out of her. Only, it won’t be what they expect.
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Shakespeare’s Bear
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In 1592, Elizabethan England is a perilous place, rife with plague, civil unrest, highwaymen, violent animal sports, and Spanish plots against the queen. Hamnet Shakespeare, young son of renowned playwright William, buys an abandoned bear cub in the market. Hamnet names him Mummer, a traveling actor who mimes. Boy and Bear learn showmanship!
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Apollo Salvatoir: Shā-Shǔ the Dragon
- By: Hiram Bertoch
- Narrated by: Spencer Dillehay
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Apollo Salvatoir is a fun and fast-paced coming-of-age saga that follows the lives of two children as they discover their destinies. Apollo Enrico Salvatoir was born into a life of privilege and fame. A growing business empire leads his father to hand off responsibility for raising Apollo to strangers who may not have Apollo’s best interest at heart. Apollo’s friend, a girl named Ling, comes from a family that is obsessed with the Salvatoirs and has a mysterious past. These best friends find themselves abandoned in a foreign land that is not as safe as the one they grew up in.
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