Vividly imagined accounts of queens and princesses from the past. In 1914, Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of the Tsar, leads a privileged life in the grand palaces of Russia. The First World War and the Bolshevik revolution are just about to erupt. With the royal family arrested and exiled to Siberia, the life Anastasia knows is swept away forever. Spanning the last four years of Anastasia`s life, My Royal Story offers a fascinating insight into a childhood spent in one of Russian history`s darkest hours.
Young Marie Antoinette has a recurring nightmare, in which the broken head of her porcelain doll is her own. Marie Antoinette doesn`t know her fate, but she knows her destiny to one day be the Queen of France. But all the preparation in the world cannot equip her for the adventure she is about to embark upon.
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1618-1
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
In this wonderfully written memoir of Jacqueline Wilson’s life as a teenager, stories about family problems, first love, school life and friends build up a fascinating picture of a real teenager and her inner life. She uses extracts from her real diary to cover issues as diverse as how she created beehive hairdos to her troubled school life.
ISBN: 978-0-552-56156-3
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Then the test results come back time and again to show that no one in their family is a match for Kate. If they are to find a donor for the crucial bone marrow transplant she needs, there is only one option: creating another baby, specifically designed to save her sister. For Sara, it seems the ideal solution. Not only does Kate live, but she gets a beautiful new daughter, Anna, too. Until the moment Anna hands Sara the papers that will rock her whole world. Because, aged thirteen, Anna has decided that she doesn't want to help Kate live any more. She is suing her parents for the rights to her own body.
ISBN: 978-0-340-91862-3
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is the quiet, cautious, studious one. Jodie is bold and brash and bad - but Pearl adores her anyway. When their parents get new jobs as the cook and caretaker at a fusty old boarding school, the girls have to move there and spend their summer holidays in the school with just a few children and staff for company. And when they arrive, things start to change. Jodie has always been the leader - but now it`s Pearl who`s making new friends, like the amazingly tall, badger-watching Harley and Mrs Wilberforce, the wife of the Head who`s confined to a wheelchair but introduces Pearl to wonderful new books. Jodie just seems to be getting into more and more trouble - arguing with Mum, scaring the little children,...
ISBN: 978-0-552-55443-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Can a parent love too much? Or is too much never enough? Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and role she has never challenged ... until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the...
ISBN: 978-1-4165-4917-8
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Henry Puppy goes to visit his best friend Bunny whenever he can. But it`s a long way! One day, Henry gets lost on the journey. Can he be brave and remember what to do?
ISBN: 978-1-84646-926-8
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Jack Digger is very busy today! He is digging a big hole. Everyone keeps stopping to ask what it might be for - is it a hole for a giant bunny? A trap for a three-headed monster? A special shark pond? Jack Digger will have to wait and see!
ISBN: 978-1-84646-927-5
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Alfie Kitten is the cheekiest little cat around. One day a new Tabby comes to live in the neighbourhood - she`s vain and a real pain! Can Alfie win over the new kitten with his cheeky games?
ISBN: 978-1-84646-929-9
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Flora Bonnington lives in a world where it is unattractive for a lady to express her opinions, and all excitement should be confined to the ballroom. But Flora wants to be a Twentieth-Century woman. But can she truly go against the father she loves in order to fulfill her dreams?
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1478-1
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Little Daisy is new at the dance school, and very nervous! But she soon discovers that there is a place for everyone who tries hard, no matter how little they are!
ISBN: 978-1-84646-928-2
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
All the hippos down by the muddy river have a special bird friend to eat the itchy insects that land on them. All except Hannah Hippo! Hannah needs to go on a journey through the jungle to find herself a helper. This is an ideal first storybook with bright, bold illustrations. It is perfect for bedtime and storytime.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0242-1
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
