Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Egmont UK
Keywords: gold, twist
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 1405229284
ISBN-13: 9781405229289

Sean and Annie have one chance to escape the potato famine in Ireland, and after surviving a shipwreck they land safely in America in search for their father. But their new land is one of hardship and they live in poverty on the streets of Boston. However, their adventure is just beginning. After living aboard a steamboat they then join pioneers traveling across the prairies. Their music and dancing bring joy to all they meet, but their family "torc"—a golden necklace—brings both blessings and curses, and thieves prowl to get hold of it. Annie and Sean must protect their torc as they sear

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Publisher: Egmont
Keywords: nest, cuckoo
Number of Pages: 352
Published:
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1405239573
ISBN-13: 9781405239578

Author: Jill Tomlinson
Publisher: Egmont UK
Keywords: owl
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 1405210931
ISBN-13: 9781405210935

Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing—he is afraid of the dark. "Dark is nasty" he says and so he won’t go hunting with his parents. Mrs. Barn Owl sends him down from his nest-hole to ask about the dark and he meets a little boy waiting for the fireworks to begin, an old lady, a scout out camping, a girl who tells him about Father Christmas, a man with a telescope, and a black cat who takes him exploring. He realizes that through these encounters that dark is super after all.