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  • The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Acorn
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    The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Acorn
    Alison Bellringer

    “Coral Johnson, please report to the principal’s office. I repeat, that’s Coral Johnson to the principal’s office. Thank you.”


    Coral glanced up from where she had been bent over her desk, surprised to hear her name being called over the school’s loudspeaker, especially when they were right in the middle of a class. The seventeen-year-old girl quickly got permission from the history teacher to leave the room, who nodded at her in response to the announcement.


    “What did you do?” Tilly Carpenter hissed in her ear from her usual place at the next desk over.

    “I’ve got no idea,” Coral whispered back, gathering her books and rushing to stuff them all into her backpack. “I’m as startled as you are.”

    £7.99
  • Maria and the Shelduck
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    Maria and the Shelduck
    Claire Rosemary Jane

    When teenager Maria Rossi skipped school one day because she had been bullied by one of the boys in the school and was found crying in the bird hide overlooking the sea and the salt marshes by Dr Wilson, an elderly retired doctor who had spent his whole working life working with children, it started a rather more unusual friendship between the two of them as he shared his love of seabirds with her and he slowly taught her more and more about the wildlife out on this desolate peninsula.


    As a result of their regular Saturday morning meetings together, they ended up saving not only the lives of some wildlife but of some people as well.


    This chance first meeting was to plunge them into an adventure that neither of them could have dreamed would happen.

    £9.99
  • The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Black Knight
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    The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Black Knight
    Alison Bellringer

    Coral Johnson grumpily rolled over and risked a quick glance at the clock on her bedside cabinet. Then she blinked her eyes several times and tried again. She hadn’t been imagining it – 2:30 am blared back at her, the bright green lights forcing the seventeen-year-old girl to look the other way rather abruptly. It was still in the middle of the night, so what had woken her up? Some moonlight filtered into her bedroom through the curtains, but most of the room was still shrouded in darkness.


    Coral lay wide awake for several minutes, just staring toward the ceiling, wondering why she felt so uneasy all of a sudden. She usually preferred being at Saddlers Ranch; it was much better than living in town like her two best friends did. She’d had sleepovers at both Tilly Carpenter’s and Lexie Howard’s, but nothing was quite like being at home on her family’s ranch, with the fresh open air and rugged landscape just outside her window.


    The horses! Coral bolted upright, no longer able to relax. That’s what that noise was!

    £7.99
  • The Sky House
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    The Sky House
    Craig Wilkes

    Isla is a young girl who loves to read and play with her pet dog, Mr Motso.


    Yet one Saturday morning, while shopping for a birthday present for her sister, she is suddenly taken underground, just as Henry, her annoying brother, teased and predicted.


    “Henry, help me!

    I’m going under… do something!”


    Isla is scared, but in her new and strange environment she receives some wise words that lead to a meeting with her Nanny, where together they uncover a life-changing secret.


    Throughout her journey, Isla soon learns that by using her clue she not only gets to feel awesome but can also boost the lives of others – even Mr Motso!

    £8.99
  • The Forgotten Treasure
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    The Forgotten Treasure
    P.S Cavanagh

    The Forgotten Treasure


    A relaxing school camping trip to the Isle of Kel; everything was going well.


    Until three criminals kidnap Emma, Harry, Claire, and Sarah and hijack the plane that they were boarding,

    Wesley just manages to get on the plane unbeknownst to the men before it takes them off to an old valley in Austria where there is a forgotten treasure.


    Wesley rescues the gang, but can they find the treasure before the men? With the only way in or out of the valley unpassable, can they escape the valley? Or will they be trapped forever?

    £14.99
  • Tommy's Adventures on the Planet Eye
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    Tommy's Adventures on the Planet Eye
    Carole Lonsdale

    A young boy wakes up one night to strange noises in his bedroom. Unexplainable things begin to happen: he sees images on his computer that no one else can see and feels as though no one believes him.

    Then, one night, he is awoken by the noise again and spots a long, green, swirling finger moving around his room, beckoning him toward the window. Before he knows it, he is transported to the mysterious Planet Eye, where his adventures begin. There, he learns of an urgent mission: he must return to Earth as the Messenger to warn humanity of what’s to come.

    £11.99
  • The Way We Once Were
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    The Way We Once Were
    Matilda Meikle

    17-year-old Maggie is on the cusp of graduating high school. Faced with an unknown future, she’s desperate for one thing: the perfect final year. And she won’t let anything, even her crippling anxiety, stand in her way.


    She’s determined to make the most of the time she has left and to do it with her group – a mismatched bunch who Maggie loves fiercely. At first, things seem to be going well. That is, until Maggie discovers her dad has been lying to her, and a spark with her best friend Piper turns into an all-consuming desire.


    As Maggie’s anxiety spirals out of control, she struggles to keep her mind—and her friends—from completely falling apart.


    Long drives, longer nights, parties, the formal, final exams – as time ticks down for Maggie, she begins to wonder what the ‘perfect year’ actually means. Will she and her friends find their place in the great, unknown world? Can they decide who they’re going to be? Who they should be?


    Told through a series of intimate diary entries, The Way We Once Were is a story of love, loss, and how we find each other, even in our darkest moments.


    £9.99
  • The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Golden Haze
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    The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Golden Haze
    Alison Bellringer

    “I can’t believe you’re boarding Tammy’s palomino for a whole month!” Lexie Howard exclaimed to her friend, rather breathlessly.


    “Neither can I,” Coral Johnson laughed in response to her eager enthusiasm. “But my cousin is going away for a while, and unfortunately, she couldn’t take Golden Haze with her on holiday.”


    “Unfortunate for who?” Lexie grinned. “I thought you’d be delighted to have such a pretty horse staying at your ranch…”


    “I am!” Coral playfully shoved her friend on the arm, amused by her good-natured teasing. “But I’m still surprised that my dad said yes when Tammy called to ask.”

    £7.99
  • Titas, Son of Aristotle
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    Titas, Son of Aristotle
    Mary Raymond Black

    Little Chap becomes ‘Titas’ on name day. His best friend is ‘Korse’. Titas is somewhat artistically inclined and Korse becomes his unpaid assistant. Unwittingly they become babysitters…to a brat. ‘The Brat’ sticks like glue and Titas and Korse spend more time trying to hide from him than on their own fun projects. Hiding causes many mishaps that need assistance from an unlikely source. The shepherd tries to encourage them to appreciate the talents the interloper provides and as time goes by, they do, but not within earshot. Titas becomes amused at the antagonism between Korse and ‘The Brat’. Korse becomes obsessed with outsmarting ‘The Brat’. ‘The Brat’ is totally oblivious to everything, and The Shepherd helps in providing all players with reasons to continually reassess all situations. At first, ‘The Brat’ is the student, and Titas and Korse are the teachers. This soon morphs into ‘The Brat’, the teacher, and Titas and Korse, the students. Titas has no problem with this, but Korse, on the other hand, is finding it difficult.


    Will they all become buddies?

    £21.99
  • Pip, Son of Bratt
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    Pip, Son of Bratt
    Mary Raymond Black

    Bratt steps back whilst his son, Pip, now takes centre stage. Just like his father, he is impulsive and impatient but under Titas’s tutelage, his mantra is, ‘to never give up,’ even if he ‘breaks a leg!’ A leap of faith considering his obsession with building his own, very, very, high Flying Fox, and his own performance perfection.

    He did break a leg! Did that stop him? No! Did a menacing bully stop him? No! In fact, through his determination to build even bigger, better, and age-appropriate Flying Foxes, and his encouragement for his older mentors, Titas and Korse, and his father Bratt to regain excitement from some of their own nearly forgotten risky activities, he manages, unceremoniously, to bring his father Bratt back to his rightful place at centre stage as an adult – albeit still in possession of all his “natcherly” acquired skills.

    What heartfelt achievements does Pip himself receive as a common denominator among mixed personalities?

    A little love interest of course… and guess what her name is…

    £17.99
  • Christian the Lion Cub and the Snow Globe King
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    Christian the Lion Cub and the Snow Globe King
    Heather Djunga

    Christian the Lion Cub loves telling stories more than any other animal in the Rainbow Forest. His stories are so good, the other animals gather around each day to hear him speak. They are proud to be a part of the Rainbow Forest when they hear them.

    Christian’s parents always tell him that he is one-of-a-kind in all the forest, and Christian loves his animal friends for this same reason. There is Mila, the firefly; shy and unassuming but with a light that comes from deep within. There is Zeb, or Zebulun, the zebra; a few stripes short of a zebra crossing, but crazy fun to be with. There is Kimmy, the kangaroo; something of a prima donna but nonetheless, dear to Christian.

    Roaring is the last thing on Christian’s mind when he receives disturbing news one night which he has to let the other animals know about. Can he find a story which will get his friends’ attention? The Rainbow Forest has been turned upside-down. How will the animals turn it the right way around again?

    £8.99
  • The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Cloud
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    The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Cloud
    Alison Bellringer

    “Come on, you beast!” The man mumbled under his breath, quite unaware that he was being observed by several rather stunned onlookers. “Get over here!”

    Despite his terse command, as if sensing the man’s edginess, the gelding merely laid his ears back and started shaking his head, soon lashing out with his long, delicate legs. High-pitched squeals of outrage soon followed, and at the disturbance, another person’s face suddenly peered out of the passenger window of the cab.

    “You see, Daddy? That kind of behavior is exactly why we can’t keep it! I need a reliable horse that I can depend upon at all times.” The blonde-haired girl stared at the scene, almost in disdain, and then immediately continued whining again. “Hurry up, Daddy! I want to ride Secret Service again as soon as we get home. That horse is so much better behaved!”

    £7.99

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