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"At first Tally doesn't want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But she soon discovers that it is a wonderful place where freedom and self expression are valued. Tally organizes a ragtag dance troupe so the school can participate in an international folk dancing festival in Bergania in the summer of 1939. There she befriends Karil, the crown prince, who would love nothing more than to have ordinary friends and attend a school like Delderton....
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British author and Smarties Book Prize recipient Julia Donaldson has written over 50 books for children. She pens a delightful twist to an old fairy tale. Jumbeelia plants her own bimblestonk (beanstalk) and makes a daring trip down to the land of the iggly plops (little people). The humans don't believe in giants, so they are in for a big surprise when Jumbeelia comes looking for souvenirs!
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From the author of the worldwide best-seller, Mutant Message Down Under comes another powerful narrative tribute to the ancient wisdom of a disappearing race. This moving story of Australian aboriginal twins separated at birth will carry you from outrage to elation. Sent away from their ancestral home and raised by whites, the twins grow up knowing nothing of their family or cultural heritage. Each struggles to find a sense of identity and purpose...
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With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson's stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer from New Zealand, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a presence in Veronika's life,...
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A stunning debut novel that unravels the hidden story behind a school shooting
It should be an open-and-shut case. Samuel Szajkowski, a recently hired history teacher, walked into a school assembly with a gun and murdered three students and a colleague before turning the weapon on himself. It was a tragedy that could not have been predicted. Szajkowski, it seems clear, was a psychopath beyond help. Yet as Detective Inspector Lucia May-...
It should be an open-and-shut case. Samuel Szajkowski, a recently hired history teacher, walked into a school assembly with a gun and murdered three students and a colleague before turning the weapon on himself. It was a tragedy that could not have been predicted. Szajkowski, it seems clear, was a psychopath beyond help. Yet as Detective Inspector Lucia May-...