In the book that spawned the beloved movie The Parent Trap, nine-year-old Lisa from Viennabold, with a head of curlsmeets Munich's buttoned-up Lottie at summer camp.
In a stunning new novel completed just before her death in 2013, award-winning author Lila Perl introduces us to Isabel Brandt, a French-phrase-dropping twelve-year-old New Yorker who's more interested in boys and bobbing her nose than the distant war across the Pacificthe one her parents keep reminding her to care more about.
An affectionate and funny story set in the black quarter"e; of a Southern sugar cane plantation in the 1940s and told by a child named Eddie, who watches his mother leave his father over his preoccupation with his car, which his father ultimately burns to the ground on the advice of a voodoo woman to get his wife back.
Nominee:2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Best Adaptation from Another Medium2016 Harvey Award, Best Graphic Novel AlbumBased on John Jewitt's journals, this artful book of historical fiction recounts an amazing slice of history After his ship is burned and his shipmates killed, John Jewitt lived as a captive of the Mowachaht Indians for three years on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
When Sybella arrived at the doorstep of St Mortain half mad with grief and despair, the convent was only too happy to offer her refuge - but at a price.
Between writing her bestselling novels, Caroline Lawrence has penned several short stories, covering incidents alluded to in the novels, but not dramatised at length.
From Morocco to Libya, from Ostia to Surrentum - Caroline Lawrence has travelled widely to give the Roman Mysteries unrivalled authenticity among historical novels.
Join brave little Nell and her beloved companion Cave Bear in this second charming and delightful adventure from renowned illustrator Martin Brown (The Horrible Histories).
