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Susan Cooper
This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining. It’s Midwinter’s Eve, the day before Will’s eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar…
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Susan A Cooper
Painful Passage, Joyful Journey is the narrative of my personal experiences as viewed through multiple lens: the six-year-old child so violently wretched from a loving family by the murder/suicide of…
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Enter the young adult world of Susan Cooper. Then on Midwinter Day, Will wakes up to a different world: silent, covered in snow and ancient forest, a world of another…
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Reissued in A Puffin Book - the first in award-winning Susan Cooper’s funny and moving adventures of the one-and-only Boggart.
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The children are on holiday in Cornwall, still on the quest for the stolen grail. Jane goes to the ancient ceremony when the Greenwitch is pitched into the sea, and…
Following a serious illness, Will is sent to convalesce in Wales. There he meets Bran, a mysterious boy, who helps Will in his quest to find the golden harp and…
The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. The servants of the light: Will Stanton, the last of the Old Ones, the mysterious Professor…
The first of the five books which form The Dark Is Rising sequence, this book features three children, on holiday in Cornwall, who discover an ancient map which leads them…
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Susan B Cooper
It started with a sneeze and ended with a bang. Now read with happens in between. A Pig named Bacon is an exciting story which motivates children to open up…
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T hough primarily recognized as a nineteenth-century American nature writer and environmentalist who significantly influenced Henry David Thoreau, Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894) was also an accomplished and productive author in…
Nina Mikkelsen
Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.
Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of…
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Susan Brocker
Sniff, sniff, sniff went the brown puppy. Back and forth, back and forth. Watson is training to be a conservation dog, and there is a special species in danger. Some…
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Red Rover is a seagoing, indeed piratical, romance set in the mid-eighteenth century.
Written by a diverse range of expert contributors, unified by a relational, ethics-based reading of person-centred theory and practice, this seminal text is the most in-depth and comprehensive guide to…
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Offers a fresh look at the Battle of Trafalgar. This book tells the interwoven stories of Sam and Molly. Sam is kidnapped to serve aboard HMS Victory. First, he is…
From a Newbery Medalist comes a story of adventure and friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler. The intertwining stories of Little Hawk and John…
"Silver on the Tree" continues the story in Cooper's Dark Is Rising fantasy sequence in this new digest-sized edition.
Sam is a farm boy, kidnapped by the press gang to serve in the Royal Navy. At first terrified and seasick, he is transformed gradually into a sailor. He meets…
A Newbery Medalist ( The Dark Is Rising ) presents a gripping novel in which a 17th-century boy and a 21st-century girl are drawn to a moment in time that…
Sam is a farm boy, ganged to serve in the Royal Navy. In the dangerous world of a warship enduring the Napoleonic Wars, he meets both cruelty and kindness, and…
This book brings together the theory and practice of evaluation in youth and community work to offer a timely and thorough exploration of how evaluation, professionalism and practice intersect. It…
A boy discovers his magical destiny and sets off on a vital mission to defeat the Dark in the Newbery Honor-winning second installment of Susan Cooper's epic The Dark Is…
This digest edition of "Greenwitch" continues the story of Cooper's Dark Is Rising series.
A nearby city is in flames. For Derek and his friends, night-time air raids are a normal part of everyday life. When a particularly violent raid closes their school for…
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In the winter of his eleventh year, Little Hawk goes deep into the forest, where he must endure a three-month test of solitude and survival which will turn him into…
"Will Stanton, visiting in Wales, is swept into a desperate quest to find the golden harp and to awaken the ancient Sleepers."--Provided by publisher.
Allie, Jay, the Boggart, and his cousin Nessie strive to stop an American developer from destroying their home, even if that means waking up deadly Old Magic creatures.
Join the Boggart for three adventures full of magic and mayhem in this delightful collection from Newbery winner Susan Cooper. Magic is in the air at Castle Keep, a remote…
A friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler endangers them both in this simply unforgettable ( Booklist, starred review) adventure story from Newbery Medalist Cooper…
The mischievous Boggart comes up with some new tricks to stop an American developer from ruining his beloved island in this delightful romp from Newbery Medalist Cooper.
When Emily Volnik and her younger brother Jessup go to live in a Scottish castle, they are delighted to meet the Boggart, a mischievous shape-shifting spirit who has lived in…
Part of Cooper's Dark Is Rising fantasy, "Over Sea, Under Stone" is now available in this digest edition.
Jane's invitation to witness the making of the Greenwitch begins a series of sinister events in which she and her two brothers help the Old Ones recover the grail stolen…
"Three children on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light…
"In this conclusion of a tale begun in "Over Sea, Under Stone," Will Stanton, the Welsh boy Bran, and the Drew Children try to locate the crystal sword that alone…
All five books in Susan Cooper's epic, bestselling, and Newbery Medal-winning The Dark Is Rising sequence are now available together in a hardcover keepsake boxed set with a brand-new look…
The author traces the journey of boy actor Nat Field, who travels from the States to perform as Puck at the Globe theatre. As the story unfolds Nat comes face…
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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
