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Author
Series
The Country Girls Trilogy volume 1
Description
It is the early 1960s in a country village in Ireland. Caithleen Brady and her attractive friend Baba are on the verge of womanhood and dreaming of spreading their wings in a wider world; of discovering love and luxury and liquor and above all, fun. With bawdy innocence, shrewd for all their inexperience, the girls romp their way through convent school to the bright lights of Dublin - where Caithleen finds that suave, idealised lovers rarely survive...
2) Clownfish
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Formats
Description
A young boy finds solace at the local aquarium when coming to terms with the death of his dad.
3) Kite spirit
Author
Pub. Date
2013
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Description
A girl spends the summer holidays in the Lake District to try and get over her best friend's suicide.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Description
As the wind whipped around her, dragging strands of hair from beneath her bonnet and tugging at her skirt, Nettie left behind the only home she?d ever known?London, 1875. Taking one last look around her little room in Covent Garden, Nettie Carroll couldn?t believe she wouldn?t even be able to say goodbye to her friends. Her father had trusted the wrong man, and now they would have to go on the run. Once again.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to rescue the Canal Boat Caf,̌ her late mother?s picturesque narrowboat, which has run into choppy waters. A family friend, Valerie, has been trying to keep things afloat, but the coffee machine is jammed, the cake offerings are paltry, and not all of the locals want to see the caf ̌succeed. Help comes from the boat next door, in the shape of handsome wildlife photographer, Mason and...
7) Too nosey
Publisher
Egmont Books
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Two fun stories featuring Mr Small and Mr Nosey.
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Formats
Description
How far would you go for a friend? Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To camouflage himself, he has catered to his friends' needs: fetching drycleaning, sorting flowers for premieres. It's a noble effort, really - anything to keep his best pals Robert and Stanza happy. In return, his proximity to them might sponge the shame of his birth and violent past cleanly away. But the chink in his armour is his painfully...
Author
Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In 2012, Elena Ferrante?s My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the Neapolitan Novels. The Story of a New Name is the second book in this series. With these books, which the New Yorker?s James Wood described as ?large, captivating, amiably peopled...a beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal,? Ferrante proves herself to be one of Italy?s most accomplished...
11) Mister Toots
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Description
A family welcome a lost little stranger into their home, but when he disappears in a hot air balloon they are worried they will never see him again.
12) Boy friends
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2022
Description
'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've ever read.' STEPHEN FRY 'Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.' JACKIE KAY 'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.' ANDREW O'HAGAN 'A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.' IAN RANKIN Friendships just might be the greatest love affairs of our lives . . . In 2018 poet and author Michael Pedersen lost a cherished friend, Scott Hutchison, soon after their collective...
13) Into the wild
Author
Publisher
New Frontier
Pub. Date
2021
Description
A boy who loves exploring nature on his own is surprised and delighted to find a friend with whom he can share his passion.
14) The five of us
Author
Publisher
Tate Publishing Liverpool
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Five friends, each with a unique ability come to the aid of another friend who needs their help.
15) Happy fun
Publisher
Egmont Books
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Two fun stories featuring Mr Happy and Mr Strong.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Florence Stanville is a woman with a past. When she moves to Guisethorpe on the east coast of England, the townsfolk are intrigued by the glamorous and mysterious stranger, with her flame-red hair and abrupt manners. Florence doesn't care about the gossips - she's drawn to the peaceful seaside town by the pull of her childhood, when she lived for a brief but happy time with her beloved late mother. The riddle of those days remains and now Florence...
18) Copy cat
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2016
Description
A little cat gets annoyed when her friend keeps copying what she does but realises she is missing out on the fun when she tells her friend to go away.
19) Bears don't cry!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Description
When George the bear ventures out to the library, he has an accident and lands in the fountain.
20) Fun and bumps
Publisher
Egmont Books
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Two fun stories featuring Thomas and the other engines of Sodar.