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Sent from Africa to England to live with their aunt Mabel after their mother's death, John, Mary, and Ben Mallory discover unexpected danger and mystery in the dark house next door.

Johnnie was only the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives.

Henry is only three inches long when naughty Charlie catapults him out of his nest - a poor baby red squirrel, all ragged and skinny. He's too young to survive being released into the wild, but can a squirrel be a pet? Henry's new human family was evacuated from London during the Blitz to live on the farm in Wales. Charlie remembers the bombs, though, and jumps whenever a tractor backfires. Can t...

Героиня повести - девочка с таинственным именем Утрата, которую все считали дочерью колдуньи. Еще в младенчестве она осталась сиротой, и ее взяла к себе на воспитание одинокая женщина. Живя высоко в горах, Утрата не общалась со своими сверстниками. Ее первыми друзьями становятся слепая девочка и ее брат, приехавшие сюда на каникулы вместе со своей семьей. В один прекрасный день, сами того не ожи...

Carrie's War by Nina Bawden is an unforgettable Second World War story. 'I did a dreadful thing...or I feel that I did, and nothing can change it...' It is the Second World War and Carrie and Nick are evacuated from London to a small town in Wales, where they are placed with strict Mr Evans and his timid mouse of a sister. Their friend Albert is luckier, l...

On the Scottish island of Skua, friendship develops between the lonely and mysterious Perdita and a blind girl, Janey. Both possess a kind of second sight - Janey's is the ability to hear, feel and remember more than others, and Perdita's is the ominous legacy of her being a witch's daughter. When Janey's brother, Tom, starts investigating a cluster of mysterious events and sus...

Мер? нудьгує. Мер? пост?йно бреше, тому що нудьгує. Але неспод?вано в її житт? дещо станеться. Разом з приятелем вона зустр?не малого б?женця з Кен?ї.

Sent from Africa to England to live with their aunt Mabel after their mother's death, John, Mary, and Ben Mallory discover unexpected danger and mystery in the dark house next door.

Johnnie was only the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives.

Henry is only three inches long when naughty Charlie catapults him out of his nest - a poor baby red squirrel, all ragged and skinny. He's too young to survive being released into the wild, but can a squirrel be a pet? Henry's new human family was evacuated from London during the Blitz to live on the farm in Wales. Charlie remembers the bombs, though, and jumps whenever a tractor backfires. Can t...

Героиня повести - девочка с таинственным именем Утрата, которую все считали дочерью колдуньи. Еще в младенчестве она осталась сиротой, и ее взяла к себе на воспитание одинокая женщина. Живя высоко в горах, Утрата не общалась со своими сверстниками. Ее первыми друзьями становятся слепая девочка и ее брат, приехавшие сюда на каникулы вместе со своей семьей. В один прекрасный день, сами того не ожи...